${__git_dir:+--git-dir="$__git_dir"} "$@" 2>/dev/null
 }
 
+# Removes backslash escaping, single quotes and double quotes from a word,
+# stores the result in the variable $dequoted_word.
+# 1: The word to dequote.
+__git_dequote ()
+{
+       local rest="$1" len ch
+
+       dequoted_word=""
+
+       while test -n "$rest"; do
+               len=${#dequoted_word}
+               dequoted_word="$dequoted_word${rest%%[\\\'\"]*}"
+               rest="${rest:$((${#dequoted_word}-$len))}"
+
+               case "${rest:0:1}" in
+               \\)
+                       ch="${rest:1:1}"
+                       case "$ch" in
+                       $'\n')
+                               ;;
+                       *)
+                               dequoted_word="$dequoted_word$ch"
+                               ;;
+                       esac
+                       rest="${rest:2}"
+                       ;;
+               \')
+                       rest="${rest:1}"
+                       len=${#dequoted_word}
+                       dequoted_word="$dequoted_word${rest%%\'*}"
+                       rest="${rest:$((${#dequoted_word}-$len+1))}"
+                       ;;
+               \")
+                       rest="${rest:1}"
+                       while test -n "$rest" ; do
+                               len=${#dequoted_word}
+                               dequoted_word="$dequoted_word${rest%%[\\\"]*}"
+                               rest="${rest:$((${#dequoted_word}-$len))}"
+                               case "${rest:0:1}" in
+                               \\)
+                                       ch="${rest:1:1}"
+                                       case "$ch" in
+                                       \"|\\|\$|\`)
+                                               dequoted_word="$dequoted_word$ch"
+                                               ;;
+                                       $'\n')
+                                               ;;
+                                       *)
+                                               dequoted_word="$dequoted_word\\$ch"
+                                               ;;
+                                       esac
+                                       rest="${rest:2}"
+                                       ;;
+                               \")
+                                       rest="${rest:1}"
+                                       break
+                                       ;;
+                               esac
+                       done
+                       ;;
+               esac
+       done
+}
+
 # The following function is based on code from:
 #
 #   bash_completion - programmable completion functions for bash 3.2+
 __git_ls_files_helper ()
 {
        if [ "$2" == "--committable" ]; then
-               __git -C "$1" diff-index --name-only --relative HEAD
+               __git -C "$1" -c core.quotePath=false diff-index \
+                       --name-only --relative HEAD
        else
                # NOTE: $2 is not quoted in order to support multiple options
-               __git -C "$1" ls-files --exclude-standard $2
+               __git -C "$1" -c core.quotePath=false ls-files \
+                       --exclude-standard $2
        fi
 }
 
 #    slash.
 __git_index_files ()
 {
-       local root="${2-.}" file
+       local root="$2" file
 
        __git_ls_files_helper "$root" "$1" |
        while read -r file; do
 # The exception is --committable, which finds the files appropriate commit.
 __git_complete_index_file ()
 {
-       local pfx="" cur_="$cur"
+       local dequoted_word pfx="" cur_
 
-       case "$cur_" in
+       __git_dequote "$cur"
+
+       case "$dequoted_word" in
        ?*/*)
-               pfx="${cur_%/*}"
-               cur_="${cur_##*/}"
-               pfx="${pfx}/"
+               pfx="${dequoted_word%/*}/"
+               cur_="${dequoted_word##*/}"
                ;;
+       *)
+               cur_="$dequoted_word"
        esac
 
-       __gitcomp_file "$(__git_index_files "$1" ${pfx:+"$pfx"})" "$pfx" "$cur_"
+       __gitcomp_file "$(__git_index_files "$1" "$pfx")" "$pfx" "$cur_"
 }
 
 # Lists branches from the local repository.