diff --git a/pkg/commands/exec_live_default.go b/pkg/commands/exec_live_default.go
index 34608bd16..839575d02 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/exec_live_default.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/exec_live_default.go
@@ -5,14 +5,12 @@ package commands
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
-	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 
 	"github.com/go-errors/errors"
 
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/pty"
-	"github.com/mgutz/str"
 )
 
 // RunCommandWithOutputLiveWrapper runs a command and return every word that gets written in stdout
@@ -20,10 +18,7 @@ import (
 // As return of output you need to give a string that will be written to stdin
 // NOTE: If the return data is empty it won't written anything to stdin
 func RunCommandWithOutputLiveWrapper(c *OSCommand, command string, output func(string) string) error {
-	splitCmd := str.ToArgv(command)
-	cmd := c.command(splitCmd[0], splitCmd[1:]...)
-
-	cmd.Env = os.Environ()
+	cmd := c.ExecutableFromString(command)
 	cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, "LANG=en_US.UTF-8", "LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8")
 
 	var stderr bytes.Buffer
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git.go b/pkg/commands/git.go
index 8ef3a1903..2a52ee119 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git.go
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) FastForward(branchName string) error {
 func (c *GitCommand) RunSkipEditorCommand(command string) error {
 	cmd := c.OSCommand.ExecutableFromString(command)
 	cmd.Env = append(
-		os.Environ(),
+		cmd.Env,
 		"LAZYGIT_CLIENT_COMMAND=EXIT_IMMEDIATELY",
 		"EDITOR="+c.OSCommand.GetLazygitPath(),
 	)
diff --git a/pkg/commands/os.go b/pkg/commands/os.go
index 32d22ea5a..c61404c41 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/os.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/os.go
@@ -78,8 +78,9 @@ func (c *OSCommand) RunExecutable(cmd *exec.Cmd) error {
 // ExecutableFromString takes a string like `git status` and returns an executable command for it
 func (c *OSCommand) ExecutableFromString(commandStr string) *exec.Cmd {
 	splitCmd := str.ToArgv(commandStr)
-	c.Log.Info(splitCmd)
-	return c.command(splitCmd[0], splitCmd[1:]...)
+	cmd := c.command(splitCmd[0], splitCmd[1:]...)
+	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS=0")
+	return cmd
 }
 
 // RunCommandWithOutputLive runs RunCommandWithOutputLiveWrapper
@@ -201,8 +202,13 @@ func (c *OSCommand) EditFile(filename string) (*exec.Cmd, error) {
 }
 
 // PrepareSubProcess iniPrepareSubProcessrocess then tells the Gui to switch to it
+// TODO: see if this needs to exist, given that ExecutableFromString does the same things
 func (c *OSCommand) PrepareSubProcess(cmdName string, commandArgs ...string) *exec.Cmd {
-	return c.command(cmdName, commandArgs...)
+	cmd := c.command(cmdName, commandArgs...)
+	if cmd != nil {
+		cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS=0")
+	}
+	return cmd
 }
 
 // Quote wraps a message in platform-specific quotation marks