diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_commands/config.go b/pkg/commands/git_commands/config.go
index 9771f01d3..5ea8f91d7 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_commands/config.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_commands/config.go
@@ -111,3 +111,7 @@ func (self *ConfigCommands) GetCoreCommentChar() byte {
 func (self *ConfigCommands) GetRebaseUpdateRefs() bool {
 	return self.gitConfig.GetBool("rebase.updateRefs")
 }
+
+func (self *ConfigCommands) DropConfigCache() {
+	self.gitConfig.DropCache()
+}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_config/cached_git_config.go b/pkg/commands/git_config/cached_git_config.go
index 9c12b45ee..256cd325b 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_config/cached_git_config.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_config/cached_git_config.go
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ type IGitConfig interface {
 	GetGeneral(string) string
 	// this is for when you want to pass 'mykey' and check if the result is truthy
 	GetBool(string) bool
+
+	DropCache()
 }
 
 type CachedGitConfig struct {
@@ -93,3 +95,10 @@ func isTruthy(value string) bool {
 	lcValue := strings.ToLower(value)
 	return lcValue == "true" || lcValue == "1" || lcValue == "yes" || lcValue == "on"
 }
+
+func (self *CachedGitConfig) DropCache() {
+	self.mutex.Lock()
+	defer self.mutex.Unlock()
+
+	self.cache = make(map[string]string)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_config/fake_git_config.go b/pkg/commands/git_config/fake_git_config.go
index 78ba62c54..e82efcd1b 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_config/fake_git_config.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_config/fake_git_config.go
@@ -27,3 +27,6 @@ func (self *FakeGitConfig) GetGeneral(args string) string {
 func (self *FakeGitConfig) GetBool(key string) bool {
 	return isTruthy(self.Get(key))
 }
+
+func (self *FakeGitConfig) DropCache() {
+}
diff --git a/pkg/gui/gui.go b/pkg/gui/gui.go
index aa44aa92c..ff6b68748 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/gui.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/gui.go
@@ -331,6 +331,8 @@ func (gui *Gui) onNewRepo(startArgs appTypes.StartArgs, contextKey types.Context
 
 	gui.g.SetFocusHandler(func(Focused bool) error {
 		if Focused {
+			gui.git.Config.DropConfigCache()
+
 			oldConfig := gui.Config.GetUserConfig()
 			reloadErr, didChange := gui.Config.ReloadChangedUserConfigFiles()
 			if didChange && reloadErr == nil {