diff --git a/bin/git-forgit b/bin/git-forgit
index 4991781..12200be 100755
--- a/bin/git-forgit
+++ b/bin/git-forgit
@@ -742,7 +742,9 @@ _forgit_checkout_commit() {
 }
 
 _forgit_branch_preview() {
-    git log "$1" "${_forgit_log_preview_options[@]}"
+    # the trailing '--' ensures that this works for branches that have a name
+    # that is identical to a file
+    git log "$1" "${_forgit_log_preview_options[@]}" --
 }
 
 _forgit_git_branch_delete() {