diff --git a/plugins/git/git.plugin.zsh b/plugins/git/git.plugin.zsh
index fde22a37d..bbacf7540 100644
--- a/plugins/git/git.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/git/git.plugin.zsh
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ function work_in_progress() {
   fi
 }
 # these alias commit and uncomit wip branches
-alias gwip='git add -A; git ls-files --deleted -z | xargs -0 git rm; git commit -m "wip"'
+alias gwip='git add -A; git ls-files --deleted -z | xargs -0 git rm 2>/dev/null; git commit -m "wip"'
 alias gunwip='git log -n 1 | grep -q -c wip && git reset HEAD~1'
 
 # these alias ignore changes to file