diff --git a/extensions/git/src/contentProvider.ts b/extensions/git/src/contentProvider.ts
index 898e0fe0435..e8b3d109c51 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/contentProvider.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/contentProvider.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
 import { workspace, Uri, Disposable, Event, EventEmitter } from 'vscode';
-import { filterEvent } from './util';
 import { Model } from './model';
 
 export class GitContentProvider {
@@ -18,12 +17,9 @@ export class GitContentProvider {
 
 	private uris = new Set<Uri>();
 
-	constructor(private model: Model, onWorkspaceChange: Event<Uri>) {
-		const onGitChange = filterEvent(onWorkspaceChange, uri => /^\.git\//.test(workspace.asRelativePath(uri)));
-		const onRelevantGitChange = filterEvent(onGitChange, uri => !/\/\.git\/index\.lock$/.test(uri.fsPath));
-
+	constructor(private model: Model) {
 		this.disposables.push(
-			onRelevantGitChange(this.fireChangeEvents, this),
+			model.onDidChangeRepository(this.fireChangeEvents, this),
 			workspace.registerTextDocumentContentProvider('git', this)
 		);
 	}
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/main.ts b/extensions/git/src/main.ts
index 3753d54beda..18555b55f52 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/main.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/main.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { Model } from './model';
 import { GitSCMProvider } from './scmProvider';
 import { CommandCenter } from './commands';
 import { CheckoutStatusBar, SyncStatusBar } from './statusbar';
-import { anyEvent } from './util';
 import { GitContentProvider } from './contentProvider';
 import { AutoFetcher } from './autofetch';
 import { MergeDecorator } from './merge';
@@ -34,13 +33,10 @@ async function init(disposables: Disposable[]): Promise<void> {
 		return;
 	}
 
-	const fsWatcher = workspace.createFileSystemWatcher('**');
-	const onWorkspaceChange = anyEvent(fsWatcher.onDidChange, fsWatcher.onDidCreate, fsWatcher.onDidDelete);
-
 	const pathHint = workspace.getConfiguration('git').get<string>('path');
 	const info = await findGit(pathHint);
 	const git = new Git({ gitPath: info.path, version: info.version });
-	const model = new Model(git, rootPath, onWorkspaceChange);
+	const model = new Model(git, rootPath);
 
 	outputChannel.appendLine(localize('using git', "Using git {0} from {1}", info.version, info.path));
 	git.onOutput(str => outputChannel.append(str), null, disposables);
@@ -48,7 +44,7 @@ async function init(disposables: Disposable[]): Promise<void> {
 	const commitHandler = new CommitController();
 	const commandCenter = new CommandCenter(model, outputChannel);
 	const provider = new GitSCMProvider(model, commandCenter);
-	const contentProvider = new GitContentProvider(model, onWorkspaceChange);
+	const contentProvider = new GitContentProvider(model);
 	const checkoutStatusBar = new CheckoutStatusBar(model);
 	const syncStatusBar = new SyncStatusBar(model);
 	const autoFetcher = new AutoFetcher(model);
@@ -59,7 +55,6 @@ async function init(disposables: Disposable[]): Promise<void> {
 		commandCenter,
 		provider,
 		contentProvider,
-		fsWatcher,
 		checkoutStatusBar,
 		syncStatusBar,
 		autoFetcher,
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/model.ts b/extensions/git/src/model.ts
index 41f8a0e88dd..59e9b192475 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/model.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/model.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 import { Uri, EventEmitter, Event, SCMResource, SCMResourceDecorations, SCMResourceGroup, Disposable, window, workspace } from 'vscode';
 import { Git, Repository, Ref, Branch, Remote, PushOptions, Commit, GitErrorCodes, GitError } from './git';
-import { anyEvent, eventToPromise, filterEvent, mapEvent, EmptyDisposable, combinedDisposable } from './util';
+import { anyEvent, eventToPromise, filterEvent, mapEvent, EmptyDisposable, combinedDisposable, dispose } from './util';
 import { memoize, throttle, debounce } from './decorators';
 import { watch } from './watch';
 import * as path from 'path';
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ export interface CommitOptions {
 
 export class Model implements Disposable {
 
+	private _onDidChangeRepository = new EventEmitter<Uri>();
+	readonly onDidChangeRepository: Event<Uri> = this._onDidChangeRepository.event;
+
 	private _onDidChangeState = new EventEmitter<State>();
 	readonly onDidChangeState: Event<State> = this._onDidChangeState.event;
 
@@ -303,13 +306,18 @@ export class Model implements Disposable {
 		this._onDidChangeResources.fire(this.resources);
 	}
 
+	private onWorkspaceChange: Event<Uri>;
 	private repositoryDisposable: Disposable = EmptyDisposable;
+	private disposables: Disposable[] = [];
 
 	constructor(
 		private git: Git,
 		private rootPath: string,
-		private onWorkspaceChange: Event<Uri>
 	) {
+		const fsWatcher = workspace.createFileSystemWatcher('**');
+		this.onWorkspaceChange = anyEvent(fsWatcher.onDidChange, fsWatcher.onDidCreate, fsWatcher.onDidDelete);
+		this.disposables.push(fsWatcher);
+
 		this.status();
 	}
 
@@ -480,12 +488,13 @@ export class Model implements Disposable {
 		this.repository = this.git.open(repositoryRoot);
 
 		const dotGitPath = path.join(repositoryRoot, '.git');
-		const { event, disposable: watcher } = watch(dotGitPath);
+		const { event: onRawGitChange, disposable: watcher } = watch(dotGitPath);
 		disposables.push(watcher);
 
-		const onGitChange = mapEvent(event, ({ filename }) => Uri.file(path.join(dotGitPath, filename)));
+		const onGitChange = mapEvent(onRawGitChange, ({ filename }) => Uri.file(path.join(dotGitPath, filename)));
 		const onRelevantGitChange = filterEvent(onGitChange, uri => !/\/\.git\/index\.lock$/.test(uri.fsPath));
 		onRelevantGitChange(this.onFSChange, this, disposables);
+		onRelevantGitChange(this._onDidChangeRepository.fire, this._onDidChangeRepository, disposables);
 
 		const onNonGitChange = filterEvent(this.onWorkspaceChange, uri => !/\/\.git\//.test(uri.fsPath));
 		onNonGitChange(this.onFSChange, this, disposables);
@@ -596,5 +605,6 @@ export class Model implements Disposable {
 
 	dispose(): void {
 		this.repositoryDisposable.dispose();
+		this.disposables = dispose(this.disposables);
 	}
 }
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