diff --git a/hggit/__init__.py b/hggit/__init__.py
index 409e2f69de..8bb14935b9 100644
--- a/hggit/__init__.py
+++ b/hggit/__init__.py
@@ -157,7 +157,10 @@ except ImportError:
 
 def getremotechanges(orig, ui, repo, other, *args, **opts):
     if isinstance(other, gitrepo.gitrepo):
-        revs = opts.get('onlyheads', opts.get('revs'))
+        if args:
+            revs = args[0]
+        else:
+            revs = opts.get('onlyheads', opts.get('revs'))
         git = GitHandler(repo, ui)
         r, c, cleanup = git.getremotechanges(other, revs)
         # ugh. This is ugly even by mercurial API compatibility standards