diff --git a/pkg/commands/git.go b/pkg/commands/git.go
index 24dcc6894..d9effbef5 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git.go
@@ -506,15 +506,15 @@ func (c *GitCommand) Show(sha string) (string, error) {
 // Diff returns the diff of a file
 func (c *GitCommand) Diff(file *File) string {
 	cachedArg := ""
+	trackedArg := "--"
 	fileName := c.OSCommand.Quote(file.Name)
 	if file.HasStagedChanges && !file.HasUnstagedChanges {
 		cachedArg = "--cached"
 	}
-	trackedArg := "--"
 	if !file.Tracked && !file.HasStagedChanges {
 		trackedArg = "--no-index /dev/null"
 	}
-	command := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s %s %s", "git diff --color ", cachedArg, trackedArg, fileName)
+	command := fmt.Sprintf("git diff --color %s %s %s", cachedArg, trackedArg, fileName)
 
 	// for now we assume an error means the file was deleted
 	s, _ := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(command)
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_test.go b/pkg/commands/git_test.go
index eb17103fc..e5fd539b9 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_test.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_test.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/i18n"
-	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/test"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	gogit "gopkg.in/src-d/go-git.v4"
@@ -1609,96 +1608,63 @@ func TestGitCommandGetLog(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestGitCommandDiff(t *testing.T) {
-	gitCommand := newDummyGitCommand()
-	assert.NoError(t, test.GenerateRepo("lots_of_diffs.sh"))
+	type scenario struct {
+		testName string
+		command  func(string, ...string) *exec.Cmd
+		file     *File
+	}
 
-	files := []*File{
+	scenarios := []scenario{
 		{
-			Name:               "deleted_staged",
-			HasStagedChanges:   false,
-			HasUnstagedChanges: true,
-			Tracked:            true,
-			Deleted:            true,
-			HasMergeConflicts:  false,
-			DisplayString:      " D deleted_staged",
+			"Default case",
+			func(cmd string, args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
+				assert.EqualValues(t, "git", cmd)
+				assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"diff", "--color", "--", "test.txt"}, args)
+
+				return exec.Command("echo")
+			},
+			&File{
+				Name:             "test.txt",
+				HasStagedChanges: false,
+				Tracked:          true,
+			},
 		},
 		{
-			Name:               "file with space staged",
-			HasStagedChanges:   true,
-			HasUnstagedChanges: false,
-			Tracked:            false,
-			Deleted:            false,
-			HasMergeConflicts:  false,
-			DisplayString:      "A  \"file with space staged\"",
+			"All changes staged",
+			func(cmd string, args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
+				assert.EqualValues(t, "git", cmd)
+				assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"diff", "--color", "--cached", "--", "test.txt"}, args)
+
+				return exec.Command("echo")
+			},
+			&File{
+				Name:               "test.txt",
+				HasStagedChanges:   true,
+				HasUnstagedChanges: false,
+				Tracked:            true,
+			},
 		},
 		{
-			Name:               "file with space unstaged",
-			HasStagedChanges:   false,
-			HasUnstagedChanges: true,
-			Tracked:            false,
-			Deleted:            false,
-			HasMergeConflicts:  false,
-			DisplayString:      "?? file with space unstaged",
-		},
-		{
-			Name:               "modified_unstaged",
-			HasStagedChanges:   true,
-			HasUnstagedChanges: false,
-			Tracked:            true,
-			Deleted:            false,
-			HasMergeConflicts:  false,
-			DisplayString:      "M  modified_unstaged",
-		},
-		{
-			Name:               "modified_staged",
-			HasStagedChanges:   false,
-			HasUnstagedChanges: true,
-			Tracked:            true,
-			Deleted:            false,
-			HasMergeConflicts:  false,
-			DisplayString:      " M modified_staged",
-		},
-		{
-			Name:               "renamed_before -> renamed_after",
-			HasStagedChanges:   true,
-			HasUnstagedChanges: false,
-			Tracked:            true,
-			Deleted:            false,
-			HasMergeConflicts:  false,
-			DisplayString:      "R  renamed_before -> renamed_after",
-		},
-		{
-			Name:               "untracked_unstaged",
-			HasStagedChanges:   false,
-			HasUnstagedChanges: true,
-			Tracked:            false,
-			Deleted:            false,
-			HasMergeConflicts:  false,
-			DisplayString:      "?? untracked_unstaged",
-		},
-		{
-			Name:               "untracked_staged",
-			HasStagedChanges:   true,
-			HasUnstagedChanges: false,
-			Tracked:            false,
-			Deleted:            false,
-			HasMergeConflicts:  false,
-			DisplayString:      "A  untracked_staged",
-		},
-		{
-			Name:               "master",
-			HasStagedChanges:   false,
-			HasUnstagedChanges: true,
-			Tracked:            false,
-			Deleted:            false,
-			HasMergeConflicts:  false,
-			DisplayString:      "?? master",
+			"File not tracked and file has no staged changes",
+			func(cmd string, args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
+				assert.EqualValues(t, "git", cmd)
+				assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"diff", "--color", "--no-index", "/dev/null", "test.txt"}, args)
+
+				return exec.Command("echo")
+			},
+			&File{
+				Name:             "test.txt",
+				HasStagedChanges: false,
+				Tracked:          false,
+			},
 		},
 	}
 
-	for _, file := range files {
-		t.Run(file.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			assert.NotContains(t, gitCommand.Diff(file), "error")
+	for _, s := range scenarios {
+		t.Run(s.testName, func(t *testing.T) {
+			gitCmd := newDummyGitCommand()
+			gitCmd.OSCommand.command = s.command
+			gitCmd.Diff(s.file)
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test/repos/lots_of_diffs.sh b/test/repos/lots_of_diffs.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 08c743f35..000000000
--- a/test/repos/lots_of_diffs.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-set -ex; rm -rf repo; mkdir repo; cd repo
-
-git init
-git config user.email "test@example.com"
-git config user.name "Lazygit Tester"
-
-
-echo "deleted" > deleted_staged
-echo "deleted_unstaged" > deleted_unstaged
-echo "modified_staged" > modified_staged
-echo "modified_unstaged" > modified_unstaged
-echo "renamed" > renamed_before
-
-git add .
-git commit -m "files to delete"
-rm deleted_staged
-rm deleted_unstaged
-
-rm renamed_before
-echo "renamed" > renamed_after
-echo "more" >> modified_staged
-echo "more" >> modified_unstaged
-echo "untracked_staged" > untracked_staged
-echo "untracked_unstaged" > untracked_unstaged
-echo "blah" > "file with space staged"
-echo "blah" > "file with space unstaged"
-echo "same name as branch" > master
-
-git add deleted_staged
-git add modified_staged
-git add untracked_staged
-git add "file with space staged"
-git add renamed_before
-git add renamed_after
\ No newline at end of file