diff --git a/extensions/git/src/repository.ts b/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
index 73a54cef4af..21dd3b5819f 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
@@ -1035,7 +1035,13 @@ export class Repository implements Disposable {
 		}
 
 		// Ignore path that is inside a merge group
-		if (this.mergeGroup.resourceStates.some(r => r.resourceUri.path === uri.path)) {
+		if (this.mergeGroup.resourceStates.some(r => pathEquals(r.resourceUri.fsPath, uri.fsPath))) {
+			return undefined;
+		}
+
+		// Ignore path that is untracked
+		if (this.untrackedGroup.resourceStates.some(r => pathEquals(r.resourceUri.path, uri.path)) ||
+			this.workingTreeGroup.resourceStates.some(r => pathEquals(r.resourceUri.path, uri.path) && r.type === Status.UNTRACKED)) {
 			return undefined;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm/browser/quickDiffModel.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm/browser/quickDiffModel.ts
index 3d1ec39c3f6..bf9494da91c 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm/browser/quickDiffModel.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm/browser/quickDiffModel.ts
@@ -214,10 +214,6 @@ export class QuickDiffModel extends Disposable {
 					return; // disposed
 				}
 
-				if (editorModels.every(editorModel => editorModel.textEditorModel.getValueLength() === 0)) {
-					result.changes = [];
-				}
-
 				this.setChanges(result.changes, result.mapChanges);
 			})
 			.catch(err => onUnexpectedError(err));