lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm
index 2d663515648741c8ab1a94b52bbeba703efd3eb8..917939ca6f5f8de6a8809d5326ad36290dba8408 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@
 sub git_config_dump {
 	my ($file) = @_;
 	return {} unless -e $file;
-	my @cmd = (qw/git config -z -l/, "--file=$file");
+	my @cmd = (qw/git config -z -l --includes/, "--file=$file");
 	my $cmd = join(' ', @cmd);
 	my $fh = popen_rd(\@cmd);
 	my $rv = config_fh_parse($fh, "\0", "\n");