diff --git a/extensions/git/src/git.ts b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
index c38fdea0718..66d91da4d7a 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/git.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
@@ -1223,15 +1223,12 @@ export class Repository {
 			args.push('-A');
 		}
 
-		args.push('--');
-
 		if (paths && paths.length) {
 			for (const chunk of splitInChunks(paths, MAX_CLI_LENGTH)) {
-				await this.run([...args, ...chunk]);
+				await this.run([...args, '--', ...chunk]);
 			}
 		} else {
-			args.push('.');
-			await this.run(args);
+			await this.run([...args, '--', '.']);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -1441,10 +1438,11 @@ export class Repository {
 
 		const limiter = new Limiter(5);
 		const promises: Promise<any>[] = [];
+		const args = ['clean', '-f', '-q'];
 
 		for (const paths of groups) {
 			for (const chunk of splitInChunks(paths, MAX_CLI_LENGTH)) {
-				promises.push(limiter.queue(() => this.run(['clean', '-f', '-q', '--', ...chunk])));
+				promises.push(limiter.queue(() => this.run([...args, '--', ...chunk])));
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -1476,19 +1474,18 @@ export class Repository {
 
 		// In case there are no branches, we must use rm --cached
 		if (!result.stdout) {
-			args = ['rm', '--cached', '-r', '--'];
+			args = ['rm', '--cached', '-r'];
 		} else {
-			args = ['reset', '-q', treeish, '--'];
+			args = ['reset', '-q', treeish];
 		}
 
 		try {
 			if (paths && paths.length > 0) {
 				for (const chunk of splitInChunks(paths, MAX_CLI_LENGTH)) {
-					await this.run([...args, ...chunk]);
+					await this.run([...args, '--', ...chunk]);
 				}
 			} else {
-				args.push('.');
-				await this.run(args);
+				await this.run([...args, '--', '.']);
 			}
 		} catch (err) {
 			// In case there are merge conflicts to be resolved, git reset will output
@@ -1977,10 +1974,10 @@ export class Repository {
 	}
 
 	async updateSubmodules(paths: string[]): Promise<void> {
-		const args = ['submodule', 'update', '--'];
+		const args = ['submodule', 'update'];
 
 		for (const chunk of splitInChunks(paths.map(sanitizePath), MAX_CLI_LENGTH)) {
-			await this.run([...args, ...chunk]);
+			await this.run([...args, '--', ...chunk]);
 		}
 	}