diff --git a/extensions/git/src/api/api1.ts b/extensions/git/src/api/api1.ts
index 8e083199ac1..d8ae8777166 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/api/api1.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/api/api1.ts
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@ export class ApiRepository implements Repository {
 		return this.#repository.diffBetween(ref1, ref2, path);
 	}
 
+	diffBetweenPatch(ref1: string, ref2: string, path?: string): Promise<string> {
+		return this.#repository.diffBetweenPatch(ref1, ref2, path);
+	}
+
 	diffBetweenWithStats(ref1: string, ref2: string, path?: string): Promise<DiffChange[]> {
 		return this.#repository.diffBetweenWithStats(ref1, ref2, path);
 	}
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/api/git.d.ts b/extensions/git/src/api/git.d.ts
index dd42714ab09..285d76ee55b 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/api/git.d.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/api/git.d.ts
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ export interface Repository {
 	diffBlobs(object1: string, object2: string): Promise<string>;
 	diffBetween(ref1: string, ref2: string): Promise<Change[]>;
 	diffBetween(ref1: string, ref2: string, path: string): Promise<string>;
+	diffBetweenPatch(ref1: string, ref2: string, path?: string): Promise<string>;
 	diffBetweenWithStats(ref1: string, ref2: string, path?: string): Promise<DiffChange[]>;
 
 	hashObject(data: string): Promise<string>;
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/git.ts b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
index e4e0b662897..5cd79ce82d5 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/git.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/git.ts
@@ -1772,6 +1772,17 @@ export class Repository {
 		return result.stdout.trim();
 	}
 
+	async diffBetweenPatch(ref: string, options: { path?: string }): Promise<string> {
+		const args = ['diff', ref, '--'];
+
+		if (options.path) {
+			args.push(this.sanitizeRelativePath(options.path));
+		}
+
+		const result = await this.exec(args);
+		return result.stdout;
+	}
+
 	async diffBetweenWithStats(ref: string, options: { path?: string; similarityThreshold?: number }): Promise<DiffChange[]> {
 		const args = ['diff', '--raw', '--numstat', '--diff-filter=ADMR', '-z',];
 
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/repository.ts b/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
index 50ff7ac8ba2..6a978f7d860 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
@@ -1253,6 +1253,11 @@ export class Repository implements Disposable {
 		return this.run(Operation.Diff, () => this.repository.diffBetween(ref1, ref2, path));
 	}
 
+	diffBetweenPatch(ref1: string, ref2: string, path?: string): Promise<string> {
+		return this.run(Operation.Diff, () =>
+			this.repository.diffBetweenPatch(`${ref1}...${ref2}`, { path }));
+	}
+
 	diffBetweenWithStats(ref1: string, ref2: string, path?: string): Promise<DiffChange[]> {
 		if (ref1 === this._EMPTY_TREE) {
 			// Use git diff-tree to get the