diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/install.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/install.rb
index 14f6a2a12f..dc82e2a7b0 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/install.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/install.rb
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ module Homebrew
     fi.build_from_source   = ARGV.build_from_source?
     fi.force_bottle        = ARGV.force_bottle?
     fi.interactive         = ARGV.interactive?
-    fi.interactive       &&= :git if ARGV.git?
+    fi.git                 = ARGV.git?
     fi.verbose             = ARGV.verbose?
     fi.verbose           &&= :quieter if ARGV.quieter?
     fi.debug               = ARGV.debug?
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
index 98065a92c4..b5859df4f1 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula_installer.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class FormulaInstaller
   attr_accessor :options
   mode_attr_accessor :show_summary_heading, :show_header
   mode_attr_accessor :build_from_source, :build_bottle, :force_bottle
-  mode_attr_accessor :ignore_deps, :only_deps, :interactive
+  mode_attr_accessor :ignore_deps, :only_deps, :interactive, :git
   mode_attr_accessor :verbose, :debug
 
   def initialize(formula)
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class FormulaInstaller
     @build_bottle = false
     @force_bottle = false
     @interactive = false
+    @git = false
     @verbose = false
     @debug = false
     @options = Options.new
@@ -425,11 +426,8 @@ class FormulaInstaller
       args << "--bottle-arch=#{ARGV.bottle_arch}" if ARGV.bottle_arch
     end
 
-    if interactive?
-      args << "--interactive"
-      args << "--git" if interactive == :git
-    end
-
+    args << "--git" if git?
+    args << "--interactive" if interactive?
     args << "--verbose" if verbose?
     args << "--debug" if debug?
     args << "--cc=#{ARGV.cc}" if ARGV.cc