diff --git a/bin/git-ignore b/bin/git-ignore
index 7cac42b..fe4320d 100755
--- a/bin/git-ignore
+++ b/bin/git-ignore
@@ -4,5 +4,7 @@ if [ -z "$@" ]
 then
 	$(git config --get core.editor) $(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.git/info/exclude
 else
-	ls -d "$@" >> "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.git/info/exclude"
+	for file in "$@"
+	do echo "$file" >> "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)/.git/info/exclude"
+	done
 fi