diff --git a/extensions/git/src/commands.ts b/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
index 1ca402bf14f..ac1f80cae0e 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { Ref, RefType, Git, GitErrorCodes, Branch } from './git';
 import { Repository, Resource, Status, CommitOptions, ResourceGroupType } from './repository';
 import { Model } from './model';
 import { toGitUri, fromGitUri } from './uri';
-import { grep, isDescendant } from './util';
+import { grep, isDescendant, pathEquals } from './util';
 import { applyLineChanges, intersectDiffWithRange, toLineRanges, invertLineChange, getModifiedRange } from './staging';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { lstat, Stats } from 'fs';
@@ -1737,7 +1737,7 @@ export class CommandCenter {
 			}
 
 			// Could it be a submodule?
-			if (resource.fsPath === repository.root) {
+			if (pathEquals(resource.fsPath, repository.root)) {
 				repository = this.model.getRepositoryForSubmodule(resource) || repository;
 			}
 
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/contentProvider.ts b/extensions/git/src/contentProvider.ts
index 67b36b3feca..443dd774f2a 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/contentProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/contentProvider.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { workspace, Uri, Disposable, Event, EventEmitter, window } from 'vscode'
 import { debounce, throttle } from './decorators';
 import { fromGitUri, toGitUri } from './uri';
 import { Model, ModelChangeEvent, OriginalResourceChangeEvent } from './model';
-import { filterEvent, eventToPromise, isDescendant } from './util';
+import { filterEvent, eventToPromise, isDescendant, pathEquals } from './util';
 
 interface CacheRow {
 	uri: Uri;
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export class GitContentProvider {
 			const { path } = fromGitUri(row.uri);
 			const isOpen = workspace.textDocuments
 				.filter(d => d.uri.scheme === 'file')
-				.some(d => d.uri.fsPath === path);
+				.some(d => pathEquals(d.uri.fsPath, path));
 
 			if (isOpen || now - row.timestamp < THREE_MINUTES) {
 				cache[row.uri.toString()] = row;
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/util.ts b/extensions/git/src/util.ts
index ec3f7887e98..c65b56a3686 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/util.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/util.ts
@@ -324,3 +324,13 @@ export function isDescendant(parent: string, descendant: string): boolean {
 
 	return descendant.startsWith(parent);
 }
+
+export function pathEquals(a: string, b: string): boolean {
+	// Windows is case insensitive
+	if (isWindowsPath(a)) {
+		a = a.toLowerCase();
+		b = b.toLowerCase();
+	}
+
+	return a === b;
+}
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