diff --git a/git.zig b/git.zig
index ba168662533a983a84549e3ecc771cf40746c0a1..10b61ecc4dfe188290148710b3d1eafcec3e8ac7 100644
--- a/git.zig
+++ b/git.zig
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub fn getObject(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, dir: std.fs.Dir, obj: Id) !string {
         .cwd_dir = dir,
         .argv = &.{ "git", "cat-file", "-p", obj },
     });
-    return result.stdout;
+    return std.mem.trimRight(u8, result.stdout, "\n");
 }
 
 pub fn parseCommit(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, commitfile: string) !Commit {