diff --git a/git-clone.sh b/git-clone.sh
index 8e087a4793..1ff9f2987b 100755
--- a/git-clone.sh
+++ b/git-clone.sh
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ usage() {
 
 get_repo_base() {
 	(
-		cd "`/bin/pwd`" &&
+		cd "`/bin/pwd -W`" &&
 		cd "$1" &&
 		{
 			cd .git
-			pwd
+			pwd -W
 		}
 	) 2>/dev/null
 }