diff --git a/.github/scripts/cleancmd.pl b/.github/scripts/cleancmd.pl
index d6ddeb7274..722015b08f 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/cleancmd.pl
+++ b/.github/scripts/cleancmd.pl
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ sub process {
 }
 
 my @filemasks = @ARGV;
-open(my $git_ls_files, '-|', 'git', 'ls-files', '--', @filemasks) or die "Failed running git ls-files: $!";
+open(my $git_ls_files, '-|', 'git', 'ls-files', '--end-of-options', @filemasks) or die "Failed running git ls-files: $!";
 while(my $f = <$git_ls_files>) {
     chomp $f;
     process($f);
diff --git a/scripts/badwords b/scripts/badwords
index a6cc6cd0a2..53c93f4031 100755
--- a/scripts/badwords
+++ b/scripts/badwords
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ sub file {
 }
 
 my @filemasks = @ARGV;
-open(my $git_ls_files, '-|', 'git', 'ls-files', '--', ":!:$file", @filemasks) or die "Failed running git ls-files: $!";
+open(my $git_ls_files, '-|', 'git', 'ls-files', '--end-of-options', ":!:$file", @filemasks) or die "Failed running git ls-files: $!";
 my @files;
 while(my $each = <$git_ls_files>) {
     chomp $each;
diff --git a/scripts/checksrc.pl b/scripts/checksrc.pl
index b1062308a4..ea71ee7ecb 100755
--- a/scripts/checksrc.pl
+++ b/scripts/checksrc.pl
@@ -1236,12 +1236,12 @@ sub scanfile {
         @copyright = sort {$$b{year} cmp $$a{year}} @copyright;
 
         # if the file is modified, assume commit year this year
-        if(qx(git status -s -- "$file") =~ /^ [MARCU]/) {
+        if(qx(git status -s --end-of-options "$file") =~ /^ [MARCU]/) {
             $commityear = (localtime(time))[5] + 1900;
         }
         else {
             # min-parents=1 to ignore wrong initial commit in truncated repos
-            my $grl = qx(git rev-list --max-count=1 --min-parents=1 --timestamp HEAD -- "$file");
+            my $grl = qx(git rev-list --max-count=1 --min-parents=1 --timestamp --end-of-options HEAD -- "$file");
             if($grl) {
                 chomp $grl;
                 $commityear = (localtime((split(/ /, $grl))[0]))[5] + 1900;
diff --git a/scripts/delta b/scripts/delta
index 7a1793dbb3..d5b174044f 100755
--- a/scripts/delta
+++ b/scripts/delta
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ my $total = $now - Time::Piece->strptime('19980320', '%Y%m%d')->epoch;
 my $totalhttpget = $now - Time::Piece->strptime('19961111', '%Y%m%d')->epoch;
 
 # Number of public functions in libcurl
-my $apublic = cmd('git', 'grep', '^CURL_EXTERN', '--', 'include/curl');
-my $bpublic = cmd('git', 'grep', '^CURL_EXTERN', $start, '--', 'include/curl');
+my $apublic = cmd('git', 'grep', '--end-of-options', '^CURL_EXTERN', '--', 'include/curl');
+my $bpublic = cmd('git', 'grep', '--end-of-options', '^CURL_EXTERN', $start, '--', 'include/curl');
 my $public = $apublic - $bpublic;
 
 # diffstat
diff --git a/scripts/singleuse.pl b/scripts/singleuse.pl
index fc6cc7f111..6332a9bfec 100755
--- a/scripts/singleuse.pl
+++ b/scripts/singleuse.pl
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ my %api = (
 
 sub doublecheck {
     my ($f, $used) = @_;
-    open(F, '-|', 'git', 'grep', '-Fwle', $f, '--', 'lib', @unittests, 'projects');
+    open(F, '-|', 'git', 'grep', '-Fwl', '--end-of-options', $f, '--', 'lib', @unittests, 'projects');
     my @also;
     while(<F>) {
         my $e = $_;
diff --git a/tests/test1275.pl b/tests/test1275.pl
index 3b33bb3cf0..d46fd62489 100755
--- a/tests/test1275.pl
+++ b/tests/test1275.pl
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ use warnings;
 my $root = $ARGV[0] || "..";
 
 my @m;
-if(open(O, '-|', 'git', 'ls-files', '--', $root)) {
+if(open(O, '-|', 'git', 'ls-files', '--end-of-options', $root)) {
     push @m, <O>;
     close(O);
 }