don't fail if the commit msg starts with '--'

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/git-dch b/git-dch
index 335465cc..64637852 100755
--- a/git-dch
+++ b/git-dch
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def system(cmd):
 
 
 def add_changelog_entry(msg, author):
-    cmd = 'DEBFULLNAME="%s" dch "%s"' % (author, msg.replace('"','\"'))
+    cmd = 'DEBFULLNAME="%s" dch --append -- "%s"' % (author, msg.replace('"','\"'))
     system(cmd)