diff --git a/extensions/git/src/commands.ts b/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
index 2284e266bf7..f35b73486fb 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/commands.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-import { Uri, commands, Disposable, window, workspace, QuickPickItem, OutputChannel, Range, WorkspaceEdit, Position, LineChange, SourceControlResourceState, TextDocumentShowOptions, ViewColumn, ProgressLocation, TextEditor, CancellationTokenSource, StatusBarAlignment } from 'vscode';
+import { Uri, commands, Disposable, window, workspace, QuickPickItem, OutputChannel, Range, WorkspaceEdit, Position, LineChange, SourceControlResourceState, TextDocumentShowOptions, ViewColumn, ProgressLocation, TextEditor, CancellationTokenSource, StatusBarAlignment, MessageOptions } from 'vscode';
 import { Ref, RefType, Git, GitErrorCodes, Branch } from './git';
 import { Repository, Resource, Status, CommitOptions, ResourceGroupType } from './repository';
 import { Model } from './model';
@@ -1635,6 +1635,10 @@ export class CommandCenter {
 			this.telemetryReporter.sendTelemetryEvent('git.command', { command: id });
 
 			return result.catch(async err => {
+				const options: MessageOptions = {
+					modal: err.gitErrorCode === GitErrorCodes.DirtyWorkTree
+				};
+
 				let message: string;
 
 				switch (err.gitErrorCode) {
@@ -1664,9 +1668,11 @@ export class CommandCenter {
 					return;
 				}
 
+				options.modal = true;
+
 				const outputChannel = this.outputChannel as OutputChannel;
 				const openOutputChannelChoice = localize('open git log', "Open Git Log");
-				const choice = await window.showErrorMessage(message, openOutputChannelChoice);
+				const choice = await window.showErrorMessage(message, options, openOutputChannelChoice);
 
 				if (choice === openOutputChannelChoice) {
 					outputChannel.show();