1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index f4d53f40de..65ed733fda 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static int run_builtin(struct cmd_struct *p, int argc, const char **argv)
 
 	status = p->fn(argc, argv, prefix);
 	if (status)
-		return status & 0xff;
+		return status;
 
 	/* Somebody closed stdout? */
 	if (fstat(fileno(stdout), &st))