lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm
index cd8957a1276bb0fa01becd74bf47c61158aec127..4d143c6e3cc6620a920ec1ca30b463afe6df5e7d 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Config.pm
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ 	my ($file) = @_;
 	return {} unless -e $file;
 	my $cmd = [ qw(git config -z -l --includes), "--file=$file" ];
 	my $fh = popen_rd($cmd);
-	my $rv = config_fh_parse($fh, "\0", "\n");
+	my $rv = config_fh_parse($fh, "\0", qr/\n/);
 	close $fh or die "failed to close (@$cmd) pipe: $?";
 	$rv;
 }