diff --git a/.githooks/post-merge b/.githooks/post-merge
index 0b91abc..f02162e 100755
--- a/.githooks/post-merge
+++ b/.githooks/post-merge
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@ get_blob () {   # get the blob of the file(name) passed as $1
 
 get_commit_for_blob () {
     # search for the blob in all commits for the file(name) $1
-    echo $(echo $(git log --all --pretty=format:%H -- $1) |
-           xargs -I{} bash -c "git ls-tree {} -- $1       |
-           grep -q $1 && echo {}")
+    echo $(git log --all --pretty=format:%H -- $1 | xargs -I{} bash -c "git ls-tree {} -- $1 | grep -q $1 && echo {}")
 }
 
 changed_file_names () {