diff --git a/pkg/app/app.go b/pkg/app/app.go
index f24af6e58..d4e3e15f7 100644
--- a/pkg/app/app.go
+++ b/pkg/app/app.go
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func NewApp(config config.AppConfigurer, filterPath string) (*App, error) {
 }
 
 func (app *App) validateGitVersion() error {
-	output, err := app.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput("git --version")
+	output, err := app.OSCommand.RunWithOutput(app.OSCommand.NewCmdObj("git --version"))
 	// if we get an error anywhere here we'll show the same status
 	minVersionError := errors.New(app.Tr.MinGitVersionError)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ func (app *App) setupRepo() (bool, error) {
 
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
-		if err := app.OSCommand.RunCommand("git init"); err != nil {
+		if err := app.OSCommand.Run(app.OSCommand.NewCmdObj("git init")); err != nil {
 			return false, err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/branches.go b/pkg/commands/branches.go
index 3f6820c09..cc513a974 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/branches.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/branches.go
@@ -11,19 +11,19 @@ import (
 
 // NewBranch create new branch
 func (c *GitCommand) NewBranch(name string, base string) error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git checkout -b %s %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(name), c.OSCommand.Quote(base))
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("git checkout -b %s %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(name), c.OSCommand.Quote(base))))
 }
 
 // CurrentBranchName get the current branch name and displayname.
 // the first returned string is the name and the second is the displayname
 // e.g. name is 123asdf and displayname is '(HEAD detached at 123asdf)'
 func (c *GitCommand) CurrentBranchName() (string, string, error) {
-	branchName, err := c.RunCommandWithOutput("git symbolic-ref --short HEAD")
+	branchName, err := c.RunWithOutput(c.NewCmdObj("git symbolic-ref --short HEAD"))
 	if err == nil && branchName != "HEAD\n" {
 		trimmedBranchName := strings.TrimSpace(branchName)
 		return trimmedBranchName, trimmedBranchName, nil
 	}
-	output, err := c.RunCommandWithOutput("git branch --contains")
+	output, err := c.RunWithOutput(c.NewCmdObj("git branch --contains"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", "", err
 	}
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) DeleteBranch(branch string, force bool) error {
 		command = "git branch -D"
 	}
 
-	return c.OSCommand.RunCommand("%s %s", command, c.OSCommand.Quote(branch))
+	return c.OSCommand.Run(c.OSCommand.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", command, c.OSCommand.Quote(branch))))
 }
 
 // Checkout checks out a branch (or commit), with --force if you set the force arg to true
@@ -61,36 +61,42 @@ func (c *GitCommand) Checkout(branch string, options CheckoutOptions) error {
 	if options.Force {
 		forceArg = " --force"
 	}
-	return c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOptions(fmt.Sprintf("git checkout%s %s", forceArg, c.OSCommand.Quote(branch)), oscommands.RunCommandOptions{EnvVars: options.EnvVars})
+
+	cmdObj := c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("git checkout%s %s", forceArg, c.OSCommand.Quote(branch))).
+		// prevents git from prompting us for input which would freeze the program
+		// TODO: see if this is actually needed here
+		AddEnvVars("GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0").
+		AddEnvVars(options.EnvVars...)
+
+	return c.OSCommand.Run(cmdObj)
 }
 
 // GetBranchGraph gets the color-formatted graph of the log for the given branch
 // Currently it limits the result to 100 commits, but when we get async stuff
 // working we can do lazy loading
 func (c *GitCommand) GetBranchGraph(branchName string) (string, error) {
-	cmdStr := c.GetBranchGraphCmdStr(branchName)
-	return c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(cmdStr)
+	return c.OSCommand.RunWithOutput(c.GetBranchGraphCmdObj(branchName))
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) GetUpstreamForBranch(branchName string) (string, error) {
-	output, err := c.RunCommandWithOutput("git rev-parse --abbrev-ref --symbolic-full-name %s@{u}", c.OSCommand.Quote(branchName))
+	output, err := c.RunWithOutput(c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("git rev-parse --abbrev-ref --symbolic-full-name %s@{u}", c.OSCommand.Quote(branchName))))
 	return strings.TrimSpace(output), err
 }
 
-func (c *GitCommand) GetBranchGraphCmdStr(branchName string) string {
+func (c *GitCommand) GetBranchGraphCmdObj(branchName string) oscommands.ICmdObj {
 	branchLogCmdTemplate := c.Config.GetUserConfig().Git.BranchLogCmd
 	templateValues := map[string]string{
 		"branchName": c.OSCommand.Quote(branchName),
 	}
-	return utils.ResolvePlaceholderString(branchLogCmdTemplate, templateValues)
+	return c.NewCmdObj(utils.ResolvePlaceholderString(branchLogCmdTemplate, templateValues))
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) SetUpstreamBranch(upstream string) error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git branch -u %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(upstream))
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git branch -u " + c.OSCommand.Quote(upstream)))
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) SetBranchUpstream(remoteName string, remoteBranchName string, branchName string) error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git branch --set-upstream-to=%s/%s %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(remoteName), c.OSCommand.Quote(remoteBranchName), c.OSCommand.Quote(branchName))
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("git branch --set-upstream-to=%s/%s %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(remoteName), c.OSCommand.Quote(remoteBranchName), c.OSCommand.Quote(branchName))))
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) GetCurrentBranchUpstreamDifferenceCount() (string, string) {
@@ -105,11 +111,11 @@ func (c *GitCommand) GetBranchUpstreamDifferenceCount(branchName string) (string
 // current branch
 func (c *GitCommand) GetCommitDifferences(from, to string) (string, string) {
 	command := "git rev-list %s..%s --count"
-	pushableCount, err := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(command, to, from)
+	pushableCount, err := c.RunWithOutput(c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf(command, to, from)))
 	if err != nil {
 		return "?", "?"
 	}
-	pullableCount, err := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(command, from, to)
+	pullableCount, err := c.RunWithOutput(c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf(command, from, to)))
 	if err != nil {
 		return "?", "?"
 	}
@@ -129,33 +135,33 @@ func (c *GitCommand) Merge(branchName string, opts MergeOpts) error {
 		command = fmt.Sprintf("%s --ff-only", command)
 	}
 
-	return c.OSCommand.RunCommand(command)
+	return c.OSCommand.Run(c.OSCommand.NewCmdObj(command))
 }
 
 // AbortMerge abort merge
 func (c *GitCommand) AbortMerge() error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git merge --abort")
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git merge --abort"))
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) IsHeadDetached() bool {
-	err := c.RunCommand("git symbolic-ref -q HEAD")
+	err := c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git symbolic-ref -q HEAD"))
 	return err != nil
 }
 
 // ResetHardHead runs `git reset --hard`
 func (c *GitCommand) ResetHard(ref string) error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git reset --hard " + c.OSCommand.Quote(ref))
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git reset --hard " + c.OSCommand.Quote(ref)))
 }
 
 // ResetSoft runs `git reset --soft HEAD`
 func (c *GitCommand) ResetSoft(ref string) error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git reset --soft " + c.OSCommand.Quote(ref))
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git reset --soft " + c.OSCommand.Quote(ref)))
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) ResetMixed(ref string) error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git reset --mixed " + c.OSCommand.Quote(ref))
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git reset --mixed " + c.OSCommand.Quote(ref)))
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) RenameBranch(oldName string, newName string) error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git branch --move %s %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(oldName), c.OSCommand.Quote(newName))
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("git branch --move %s %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(oldName), c.OSCommand.Quote(newName))))
 }
diff --git a/pkg/commands/branches_test.go b/pkg/commands/branches_test.go
index 85c477523..ee050e5be 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/branches_test.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/branches_test.go
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ func TestGitCommandGetAllBranchGraph(t *testing.T) {
 		return secureexec.Command("echo")
 	}
 	cmdStr := gitCmd.Config.GetUserConfig().Git.AllBranchesLogCmd
-	_, err := gitCmd.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(cmdStr)
+	_, err := gitCmd.OSCommand.RunWithOutput(gitCmd.NewCmdObj(cmdStr))
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/commands/commits.go b/pkg/commands/commits.go
index 56b8533ac..269eef073 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/commits.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/commits.go
@@ -10,15 +10,21 @@ import (
 
 // RenameCommit renames the topmost commit with the given name
 func (c *GitCommand) RenameCommit(name string) error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git commit --allow-empty --amend --only -m %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(name))
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git commit --allow-empty --amend --only -m " + c.OSCommand.Quote(name)))
 }
 
 // ResetToCommit reset to commit
-func (c *GitCommand) ResetToCommit(sha string, strength string, options oscommands.RunCommandOptions) error {
-	return c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOptions(fmt.Sprintf("git reset --%s %s", strength, sha), options)
+func (c *GitCommand) ResetToCommit(sha string, strength string, envVars []string) error {
+	cmdObj := c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("git reset --%s %s", strength, sha)).
+		// prevents git from prompting us for input which would freeze the program
+		// TODO: see if this is actually needed here
+		AddEnvVars("GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0").
+		AddEnvVars(envVars...)
+
+	return c.OSCommand.Run(cmdObj)
 }
 
-func (c *GitCommand) CommitCmdStr(message string, flags string) string {
+func (c *GitCommand) CommitCmdObj(message string, flags string) oscommands.ICmdObj {
 	splitMessage := strings.Split(message, "\n")
 	lineArgs := ""
 	for _, line := range splitMessage {
@@ -30,52 +36,53 @@ func (c *GitCommand) CommitCmdStr(message string, flags string) string {
 		flagsStr = fmt.Sprintf(" %s", flags)
 	}
 
-	return fmt.Sprintf("git commit%s%s", flagsStr, lineArgs)
+	return c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("git commit%s%s", flagsStr, lineArgs))
 }
 
 // Get the subject of the HEAD commit
 func (c *GitCommand) GetHeadCommitMessage() (string, error) {
-	cmdStr := "git log -1 --pretty=%s"
-	message, err := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(cmdStr)
+	message, err := c.RunWithOutput(c.NewCmdObj("git log -1 --pretty=%s"))
 	return strings.TrimSpace(message), err
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) GetCommitMessage(commitSha string) (string, error) {
 	cmdStr := "git rev-list --format=%B --max-count=1 " + commitSha
-	messageWithHeader, err := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(cmdStr)
+	messageWithHeader, err := c.RunWithOutput(c.NewCmdObj(cmdStr))
 	message := strings.Join(strings.SplitAfter(messageWithHeader, "\n")[1:], "\n")
 	return strings.TrimSpace(message), err
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) GetCommitMessageFirstLine(sha string) (string, error) {
-	return c.RunCommandWithOutput("git show --no-patch --pretty=format:%%s %s", sha)
+	return c.RunWithOutput(c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("git show --no-patch --pretty=format:%%s %s", sha)))
 }
 
 // AmendHead amends HEAD with whatever is staged in your working tree
 func (c *GitCommand) AmendHead() error {
-	return c.OSCommand.RunCommand(c.AmendHeadCmdStr())
+	return c.OSCommand.Run(c.AmendHeadCmdObj())
 }
 
-func (c *GitCommand) AmendHeadCmdStr() string {
-	return "git commit --amend --no-edit --allow-empty"
+func (c *GitCommand) AmendHeadCmdObj() oscommands.ICmdObj {
+	return c.NewCmdObj("git commit --amend --no-edit --allow-empty")
 }
 
-func (c *GitCommand) ShowCmdStr(sha string, filterPath string) string {
+func (c *GitCommand) ShowCmdObj(sha string, filterPath string) oscommands.ICmdObj {
 	contextSize := c.Config.GetUserConfig().Git.DiffContextSize
 	filterPathArg := ""
 	if filterPath != "" {
 		filterPathArg = fmt.Sprintf(" -- %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(filterPath))
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("git show --submodule --color=%s --unified=%d --no-renames --stat -p %s %s", c.colorArg(), contextSize, sha, filterPathArg)
+
+	cmdStr := fmt.Sprintf("git show --submodule --color=%s --unified=%d --no-renames --stat -p %s %s", c.colorArg(), contextSize, sha, filterPathArg)
+	return c.NewCmdObj(cmdStr)
 }
 
 // Revert reverts the selected commit by sha
 func (c *GitCommand) Revert(sha string) error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git revert %s", sha)
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("git revert %s", sha)))
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) RevertMerge(sha string, parentNumber int) error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git revert %s -m %d", sha, parentNumber)
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("git revert %s -m %d", sha, parentNumber)))
 }
 
 // CherryPickCommits begins an interactive rebase with the given shas being cherry picked onto HEAD
@@ -90,10 +97,10 @@ func (c *GitCommand) CherryPickCommits(commits []*models.Commit) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return c.OSCommand.RunPreparedCommand(cmd)
+	return c.OSCommand.Run(cmd)
 }
 
 // CreateFixupCommit creates a commit that fixes up a previous commit
 func (c *GitCommand) CreateFixupCommit(sha string) error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git commit --fixup=%s", sha)
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("git commit --fixup=%s", sha)))
 }
diff --git a/pkg/commands/commits_test.go b/pkg/commands/commits_test.go
index f6dd1f71b..04a5c01d7 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/commits_test.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/commits_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/oscommands"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/secureexec"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/test"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -33,11 +32,11 @@ func TestGitCommandResetToCommit(t *testing.T) {
 		return secureexec.Command("echo")
 	}
 
-	assert.NoError(t, gitCmd.ResetToCommit("78976bc", "hard", oscommands.RunCommandOptions{}))
+	assert.NoError(t, gitCmd.ResetToCommit("78976bc", "hard", []string{}))
 }
 
-// TestGitCommandCommitStr is a function.
-func TestGitCommandCommitStr(t *testing.T) {
+// TestGitCommandCommitObj is a function.
+func TestGitCommandCommitObj(t *testing.T) {
 	gitCmd := NewDummyGitCommand()
 
 	type scenario struct {
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ func TestGitCommandCommitStr(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, s := range scenarios {
 		t.Run(s.testName, func(t *testing.T) {
-			cmdStr := gitCmd.CommitCmdStr(s.message, s.flags)
+			cmdStr := gitCmd.CommitCmdObj(s.message, s.flags).ToString()
 			assert.Equal(t, s.expected, cmdStr)
 		})
 	}
@@ -111,8 +110,8 @@ func TestGitCommandCreateFixupCommit(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TestGitCommandShowCmdStr is a function.
-func TestGitCommandShowCmdStr(t *testing.T) {
+// TestGitCommandShowCmdObj is a function.
+func TestGitCommandShowCmdObj(t *testing.T) {
 	type scenario struct {
 		testName    string
 		filterPath  string
@@ -146,7 +145,7 @@ func TestGitCommandShowCmdStr(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, s := range scenarios {
 		t.Run(s.testName, func(t *testing.T) {
 			gitCmd.Config.GetUserConfig().Git.DiffContextSize = s.contextSize
-			cmdStr := gitCmd.ShowCmdStr("1234567890", s.filterPath)
+			cmdStr := gitCmd.ShowCmdObj("1234567890", s.filterPath).ToString()
 			assert.Equal(t, s.expected, cmdStr)
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/files.go b/pkg/commands/files.go
index 8eb154c30..289337b70 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/files.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/files.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/go-errors/errors"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/models"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/oscommands"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/filetree"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils"
 )
@@ -23,27 +24,27 @@ func (c *GitCommand) CatFile(fileName string) (string, error) {
 	return string(buf), nil
 }
 
-func (c *GitCommand) OpenMergeToolCmd() string {
-	return "git mergetool"
+func (c *GitCommand) OpenMergeToolCmdObj() oscommands.ICmdObj {
+	return c.NewCmdObj("git mergetool")
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) OpenMergeTool() error {
-	return c.OSCommand.RunCommand("git mergetool")
+	return c.Run(c.OpenMergeToolCmdObj())
 }
 
 // StageFile stages a file
 func (c *GitCommand) StageFile(fileName string) error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git add -- %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(fileName))
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git add -- " + c.OSCommand.Quote(fileName)))
 }
 
 // StageAll stages all files
 func (c *GitCommand) StageAll() error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git add -A")
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git add -A"))
 }
 
 // UnstageAll unstages all files
 func (c *GitCommand) UnstageAll() error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git reset")
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git reset"))
 }
 
 // UnStageFile unstages a file
@@ -56,7 +57,8 @@ func (c *GitCommand) UnStageFile(fileNames []string, reset bool) error {
 	}
 
 	for _, name := range fileNames {
-		if err := c.OSCommand.RunCommand(command, c.OSCommand.Quote(name)); err != nil {
+		cmdObj := c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf(command, c.OSCommand.Quote(name)))
+		if err := c.Run(cmdObj); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
@@ -120,22 +122,22 @@ func (c *GitCommand) DiscardAllFileChanges(file *models.File) error {
 	quotedFileName := c.OSCommand.Quote(file.Name)
 
 	if file.ShortStatus == "AA" {
-		if err := c.RunCommand("git checkout --ours --  %s", quotedFileName); err != nil {
+		if err := c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git checkout --ours --  " + quotedFileName)); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
-		if err := c.RunCommand("git add -- %s", quotedFileName); err != nil {
+		if err := c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git add -- " + quotedFileName)); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	if file.ShortStatus == "DU" {
-		return c.RunCommand("git rm -- %s", quotedFileName)
+		return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git rm -- " + quotedFileName))
 	}
 
 	// if the file isn't tracked, we assume you want to delete it
 	if file.HasStagedChanges || file.HasMergeConflicts {
-		if err := c.RunCommand("git reset -- %s", quotedFileName); err != nil {
+		if err := c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git reset -- " + quotedFileName)); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
@@ -161,7 +163,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) DiscardUnstagedDirChanges(node *filetree.FileNode) error {
 	}
 
 	quotedPath := c.OSCommand.Quote(node.GetPath())
-	if err := c.RunCommand("git checkout -- %s", quotedPath); err != nil {
+	if err := c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git checkout -- " + quotedPath)); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -186,7 +188,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) RemoveUntrackedDirFiles(node *filetree.FileNode) error {
 // DiscardUnstagedFileChanges directly
 func (c *GitCommand) DiscardUnstagedFileChanges(file *models.File) error {
 	quotedFileName := c.OSCommand.Quote(file.Name)
-	return c.RunCommand("git checkout -- %s", quotedFileName)
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git checkout -- " + quotedFileName))
 }
 
 // Ignore adds a file to the gitignore for the repo
@@ -197,11 +199,11 @@ func (c *GitCommand) Ignore(filename string) error {
 // WorktreeFileDiff returns the diff of a file
 func (c *GitCommand) WorktreeFileDiff(file *models.File, plain bool, cached bool, ignoreWhitespace bool) string {
 	// for now we assume an error means the file was deleted
-	s, _ := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(c.WorktreeFileDiffCmdStr(file, plain, cached, ignoreWhitespace))
+	s, _ := c.OSCommand.RunWithOutput(c.WorktreeFileDiffCmdObj(file, plain, cached, ignoreWhitespace))
 	return s
 }
 
-func (c *GitCommand) WorktreeFileDiffCmdStr(node models.IFile, plain bool, cached bool, ignoreWhitespace bool) string {
+func (c *GitCommand) WorktreeFileDiffCmdObj(node models.IFile, plain bool, cached bool, ignoreWhitespace bool) oscommands.ICmdObj {
 	cachedArg := ""
 	trackedArg := "--"
 	colorArg := c.colorArg()
@@ -221,7 +223,9 @@ func (c *GitCommand) WorktreeFileDiffCmdStr(node models.IFile, plain bool, cache
 		ignoreWhitespaceArg = "--ignore-all-space"
 	}
 
-	return fmt.Sprintf("git diff --submodule --no-ext-diff --unified=%d --color=%s %s %s %s %s", contextSize, colorArg, ignoreWhitespaceArg, cachedArg, trackedArg, quotedPath)
+	cmdStr := fmt.Sprintf("git diff --submodule --no-ext-diff --unified=%d --color=%s %s %s %s %s", contextSize, colorArg, ignoreWhitespaceArg, cachedArg, trackedArg, quotedPath)
+
+	return c.NewCmdObj(cmdStr)
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) ApplyPatch(patch string, flags ...string) error {
@@ -236,17 +240,17 @@ func (c *GitCommand) ApplyPatch(patch string, flags ...string) error {
 		flagStr += " --" + flag
 	}
 
-	return c.RunCommand("git apply %s %s", flagStr, c.OSCommand.Quote(filepath))
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("git apply %s %s", flagStr, c.OSCommand.Quote(filepath))))
 }
 
 // ShowFileDiff get the diff of specified from and to. Typically this will be used for a single commit so it'll be 123abc^..123abc
 // but when we're in diff mode it could be any 'from' to any 'to'. The reverse flag is also here thanks to diff mode.
 func (c *GitCommand) ShowFileDiff(from string, to string, reverse bool, fileName string, plain bool) (string, error) {
-	cmdStr := c.ShowFileDiffCmdStr(from, to, reverse, fileName, plain)
-	return c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(cmdStr)
+	cmdObj := c.ShowFileDiffCmdObj(from, to, reverse, fileName, plain)
+	return c.RunWithOutput(cmdObj)
 }
 
-func (c *GitCommand) ShowFileDiffCmdStr(from string, to string, reverse bool, fileName string, plain bool) string {
+func (c *GitCommand) ShowFileDiffCmdObj(from string, to string, reverse bool, fileName string, plain bool) oscommands.ICmdObj {
 	colorArg := c.colorArg()
 	contextSize := c.Config.GetUserConfig().Git.DiffContextSize
 	if plain {
@@ -258,12 +262,12 @@ func (c *GitCommand) ShowFileDiffCmdStr(from string, to string, reverse bool, fi
 		reverseFlag = " -R "
 	}
 
-	return fmt.Sprintf("git diff --submodule --no-ext-diff --unified=%d --no-renames --color=%s %s %s %s -- %s", contextSize, colorArg, from, to, reverseFlag, c.OSCommand.Quote(fileName))
+	return c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("git diff --submodule --no-ext-diff --unified=%d --no-renames --color=%s %s %s %s -- %s", contextSize, colorArg, from, to, reverseFlag, c.OSCommand.Quote(fileName)))
 }
 
 // CheckoutFile checks out the file for the given commit
 func (c *GitCommand) CheckoutFile(commitSha, fileName string) error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git checkout %s -- %s", commitSha, c.OSCommand.Quote(fileName))
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("git checkout %s -- %s", commitSha, c.OSCommand.Quote(fileName))))
 }
 
 // DiscardOldFileChanges discards changes to a file from an old commit
@@ -273,7 +277,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) DiscardOldFileChanges(commits []*models.Commit, commitIndex
 	}
 
 	// check if file exists in previous commit (this command returns an error if the file doesn't exist)
-	if err := c.RunCommand("git cat-file -e HEAD^:%s", c.OSCommand.Quote(fileName)); err != nil {
+	if err := c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git cat-file -e HEAD^:" + c.OSCommand.Quote(fileName))); err != nil {
 		if err := c.OSCommand.Remove(fileName); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -296,17 +300,17 @@ func (c *GitCommand) DiscardOldFileChanges(commits []*models.Commit, commitIndex
 
 // DiscardAnyUnstagedFileChanges discards any unstages file changes via `git checkout -- .`
 func (c *GitCommand) DiscardAnyUnstagedFileChanges() error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git checkout -- .")
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git checkout -- ."))
 }
 
 // RemoveTrackedFiles will delete the given file(s) even if they are currently tracked
 func (c *GitCommand) RemoveTrackedFiles(name string) error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git rm -r --cached -- %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(name))
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git rm -r --cached -- " + c.OSCommand.Quote(name)))
 }
 
 // RemoveUntrackedFiles runs `git clean -fd`
 func (c *GitCommand) RemoveUntrackedFiles() error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git clean -fd")
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git clean -fd"))
 }
 
 // ResetAndClean removes all unstaged changes and removes all untracked files
@@ -346,7 +350,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) EditFileCmdStr(filename string, lineNumber int) (string, er
 		editor = c.OSCommand.Getenv("EDITOR")
 	}
 	if editor == "" {
-		if err := c.OSCommand.RunCommand("which vi"); err == nil {
+		if err := c.OSCommand.Run(c.NewCmdObj("which vi")); err == nil {
 			editor = "vi"
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git.go b/pkg/commands/git.go
index 8750ecf51..7d4cc6c86 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git.go
@@ -223,22 +223,22 @@ func findDotGitDir(stat func(string) (os.FileInfo, error), readFile func(filenam
 }
 
 func VerifyInGitRepo(osCommand *oscommands.OSCommand) error {
-	return osCommand.RunCommand("git rev-parse --git-dir")
+	return osCommand.Run(osCommand.NewCmdObj("git rev-parse --git-dir"))
 }
 
-func (c *GitCommand) RunCommand(formatString string, formatArgs ...interface{}) error {
-	_, err := c.RunCommandWithOutput(formatString, formatArgs...)
+func (c *GitCommand) Run(cmdObj oscommands.ICmdObj) error {
+	_, err := c.RunWithOutput(cmdObj)
 	return err
 }
 
-func (c *GitCommand) RunCommandWithOutput(formatString string, formatArgs ...interface{}) (string, error) {
+func (c *GitCommand) RunWithOutput(cmdObj oscommands.ICmdObj) (string, error) {
 	// TODO: have this retry logic in other places we run the command
 	waitTime := 50 * time.Millisecond
 	retryCount := 5
 	attempt := 0
 
 	for {
-		output, err := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(formatString, formatArgs...)
+		output, err := c.OSCommand.RunWithOutput(cmdObj)
 		if err != nil {
 			// if we have an error based on the index lock, we should wait a bit and then retry
 			if strings.Contains(output, ".git/index.lock") {
@@ -255,6 +255,12 @@ func (c *GitCommand) RunCommandWithOutput(formatString string, formatArgs ...int
 	}
 }
 
-func (c *GitCommand) NewCmdObjFromStr(cmdStr string) oscommands.ICmdObj {
-	return c.OSCommand.NewCmdObjFromStr(cmdStr).AddEnvVars("GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS=0")
+func (c *GitCommand) NewCmdObj(cmdStr string) oscommands.ICmdObj {
+	return c.OSCommand.NewCmdObj(cmdStr).AddEnvVars("GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS=0")
+}
+
+func (c *GitCommand) NewCmdObjWithLog(cmdStr string) oscommands.ICmdObj {
+	cmdObj := c.NewCmdObj(cmdStr)
+	c.OSCommand.LogCmdObj(cmdObj)
+	return cmdObj
 }
diff --git a/pkg/commands/loading_branches.go b/pkg/commands/loading_branches.go
index 7565a9aee..5453db2de 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/loading_branches.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/loading_branches.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func NewBranchListBuilder(log *logrus.Entry, gitCommand *GitCommand, reflogCommi
 
 func (b *BranchListBuilder) obtainBranches() []*models.Branch {
 	cmdStr := `git for-each-ref --sort=-committerdate --format="%(HEAD)|%(refname:short)|%(upstream:short)|%(upstream:track)" refs/heads`
-	output, err := b.GitCommand.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(cmdStr)
+	output, err := b.GitCommand.RunWithOutput(b.GitCommand.NewCmdObj(cmdStr))
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/loading_commit_files.go b/pkg/commands/loading_commit_files.go
index bddddc761..95d98d668 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/loading_commit_files.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/loading_commit_files.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package commands
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/models"
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) GetFilesInDiff(from string, to string, reverse bool) ([]*mo
 		reverseFlag = " -R "
 	}
 
-	filenames, err := c.RunCommandWithOutput("git diff --submodule --no-ext-diff --name-status -z --no-renames %s %s %s", reverseFlag, from, to)
+	filenames, err := c.RunWithOutput(c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("git diff --submodule --no-ext-diff --name-status -z --no-renames %s %s %s", reverseFlag, from, to)))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/loading_commits.go b/pkg/commands/loading_commits.go
index 204e4c9da..6f0935054 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/loading_commits.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/loading_commits.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
-	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
@@ -153,9 +152,9 @@ func (c *CommitListBuilder) GetCommits(opts GetCommitsOptions) ([]*models.Commit
 		passedFirstPushedCommit = true
 	}
 
-	cmd := c.getLogCmd(opts)
+	cmdObj := c.getLogCmd(opts)
 
-	err = oscommands.RunLineOutputCmd(cmd, func(line string) (bool, error) {
+	err = c.OSCommand.RunLineOutputCmd(cmdObj, func(line string) (bool, error) {
 		if canExtractCommit(line) {
 			commit := c.extractCommitFromLine(line)
 			if commit.Sha == firstPushedCommit {
@@ -201,7 +200,7 @@ func (c *CommitListBuilder) getHydratedRebasingCommits(rebaseMode string) ([]*mo
 
 	// note that we're not filtering these as we do non-rebasing commits just because
 	// I suspect that will cause some damage
-	cmd := c.OSCommand.ExecutableFromString(
+	cmdObj := c.OSCommand.NewCmdObj(
 		fmt.Sprintf(
 			"git show %s --no-patch --oneline %s --abbrev=%d",
 			strings.Join(commitShas, " "),
@@ -212,7 +211,7 @@ func (c *CommitListBuilder) getHydratedRebasingCommits(rebaseMode string) ([]*mo
 
 	hydratedCommits := make([]*models.Commit, 0, len(commits))
 	i := 0
-	err = oscommands.RunLineOutputCmd(cmd, func(line string) (bool, error) {
+	err = c.OSCommand.RunLineOutputCmd(cmdObj, func(line string) (bool, error) {
 		if canExtractCommit(line) {
 			commit := c.extractCommitFromLine(line)
 			matchingCommit := commits[i]
@@ -374,7 +373,7 @@ func (c *CommitListBuilder) getMergeBase(refName string) (string, error) {
 	}
 
 	// swallowing error because it's not a big deal; probably because there are no commits yet
-	output, _ := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput("git merge-base %s %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(refName), c.OSCommand.Quote(baseBranch))
+	output, _ := c.OSCommand.RunWithOutput(c.OSCommand.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("git merge-base %s %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(refName), c.OSCommand.Quote(baseBranch))))
 	return ignoringWarnings(output), nil
 }
 
@@ -391,7 +390,7 @@ func ignoringWarnings(commandOutput string) string {
 // getFirstPushedCommit returns the first commit SHA which has been pushed to the ref's upstream.
 // all commits above this are deemed unpushed and marked as such.
 func (c *CommitListBuilder) getFirstPushedCommit(refName string) (string, error) {
-	output, err := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput("git merge-base %s %s@{u}", c.OSCommand.Quote(refName), c.OSCommand.Quote(refName))
+	output, err := c.OSCommand.RunWithOutput(c.OSCommand.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("git merge-base %s %s@{u}", c.OSCommand.Quote(refName), c.OSCommand.Quote(refName))))
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -400,7 +399,7 @@ func (c *CommitListBuilder) getFirstPushedCommit(refName string) (string, error)
 }
 
 // getLog gets the git log.
-func (c *CommitListBuilder) getLogCmd(opts GetCommitsOptions) *exec.Cmd {
+func (c *CommitListBuilder) getLogCmd(opts GetCommitsOptions) oscommands.ICmdObj {
 	limitFlag := ""
 	if opts.Limit {
 		limitFlag = "-300"
@@ -419,7 +418,7 @@ func (c *CommitListBuilder) getLogCmd(opts GetCommitsOptions) *exec.Cmd {
 		allFlag = " --all"
 	}
 
-	return c.OSCommand.ExecutableFromString(
+	return c.OSCommand.NewCmdObj(
 		fmt.Sprintf(
 			"git log %s %s %s --oneline %s %s --abbrev=%d %s",
 			c.OSCommand.Quote(opts.RefName),
diff --git a/pkg/commands/loading_files.go b/pkg/commands/loading_files.go
index 098948ed4..df7be0dfe 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/loading_files.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/loading_files.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) GitStatus(opts GitStatusOptions) ([]FileStatus, error) {
 		noRenamesFlag = "--no-renames"
 	}
 
-	statusLines, err := c.RunCommandWithOutput("git status %s --porcelain -z %s", opts.UntrackedFilesArg, noRenamesFlag)
+	statusLines, err := c.RunWithOutput(c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("git status %s --porcelain -z %s", opts.UntrackedFilesArg, noRenamesFlag)))
 	if err != nil {
 		return []FileStatus{}, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/loading_reflog_commits.go b/pkg/commands/loading_reflog_commits.go
index 619e5c225..80c2e815d 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/loading_reflog_commits.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/loading_reflog_commits.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/models"
-	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/oscommands"
 )
 
 // GetReflogCommits only returns the new reflog commits since the given lastReflogCommit
@@ -19,9 +18,9 @@ func (c *GitCommand) GetReflogCommits(lastReflogCommit *models.Commit, filterPat
 		filterPathArg = fmt.Sprintf(" --follow -- %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(filterPath))
 	}
 
-	cmd := c.OSCommand.ExecutableFromString(fmt.Sprintf(`git log -g --abbrev=20 --format="%%h %%ct %%gs" %s`, filterPathArg))
+	cmdObj := c.OSCommand.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf(`git log -g --abbrev=20 --format="%%h %%ct %%gs" %s`, filterPathArg))
 	onlyObtainedNewReflogCommits := false
-	err := oscommands.RunLineOutputCmd(cmd, func(line string) (bool, error) {
+	err := c.OSCommand.RunLineOutputCmd(cmdObj, func(line string) (bool, error) {
 		fields := strings.SplitN(line, " ", 3)
 		if len(fields) <= 2 {
 			return false, nil
diff --git a/pkg/commands/loading_remotes.go b/pkg/commands/loading_remotes.go
index 096deb71c..af460034a 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/loading_remotes.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/loading_remotes.go
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (c *GitCommand) GetRemotes() ([]*models.Remote, error) {
-	// get remote branches
-	unescaped := "git branch -r"
-	remoteBranchesStr, err := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(unescaped)
+	remoteBranchesStr, err := c.RunWithOutput(c.NewCmdObj("git branch -r"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/loading_stash.go b/pkg/commands/loading_stash.go
index e14b463dd..40867a26b 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/loading_stash.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/loading_stash.go
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (c *GitCommand) getUnfilteredStashEntries() []*models.StashEntry {
-	unescaped := "git stash list --pretty='%gs'"
-	rawString, _ := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(unescaped)
+	rawString, _ := c.RunWithOutput(c.NewCmdObj("git stash list --pretty='%gs'"))
 	stashEntries := []*models.StashEntry{}
 	for i, line := range utils.SplitLines(rawString) {
 		stashEntries = append(stashEntries, stashEntryFromLine(line, i))
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) GetStashEntries(filterPath string) []*models.StashEntry {
 		return c.getUnfilteredStashEntries()
 	}
 
-	rawString, err := c.RunCommandWithOutput("git stash list --name-only")
+	rawString, err := c.RunWithOutput(c.NewCmdObj("git stash list --name-only"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return c.getUnfilteredStashEntries()
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/loading_tags.go b/pkg/commands/loading_tags.go
index 71704f9c0..f97985ce9 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/loading_tags.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/loading_tags.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import (
 func (c *GitCommand) GetTags() ([]*models.Tag, error) {
 	// get remote branches, sorted  by creation date (descending)
 	// see: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-tag#Documentation/git-tag.txt---sortltkeygt
-	remoteBranchesStr, err := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(`git tag --list --sort=-creatordate`)
+	remoteBranchesStr, err := c.OSCommand.RunWithOutput(c.NewCmdObj(`git tag --list --sort=-creatordate`))
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj.go b/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj.go
index 592a4a61d..6381cf257 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ type ICmdObj interface {
 	GetCmd() *exec.Cmd
 	ToString() string
 	AddEnvVars(...string) ICmdObj
+	GetEnvVars() []string
 }
 
 type CmdObj struct {
@@ -31,3 +32,7 @@ func (self *CmdObj) AddEnvVars(vars ...string) ICmdObj {
 
 	return self
 }
+
+func (self *CmdObj) GetEnvVars() []string {
+	return self.cmd.Env
+}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/oscommands/os.go b/pkg/commands/oscommands/os.go
index cb41edff4..15e551133 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/oscommands/os.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/oscommands/os.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
+	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/go-errors/errors"
 
@@ -29,14 +30,25 @@ type Platform struct {
 	OpenLinkCommand string
 }
 
+type ICommander interface {
+	Run(ICmdObj) error
+	RunWithOutput(ICmdObj) (string, error)
+}
+
+type RealCommander struct {
+}
+
+func (self *RealCommander) Run(cmdObj ICmdObj) error {
+	return cmdObj.GetCmd().Run()
+}
+
 // OSCommand holds all the os commands
 type OSCommand struct {
-	Log              *logrus.Entry
-	Platform         *Platform
-	Config           config.AppConfigurer
-	Command          func(string, ...string) *exec.Cmd
-	BeforeExecuteCmd func(*exec.Cmd)
-	Getenv           func(string) string
+	Log      *logrus.Entry
+	Platform *Platform
+	Config   config.AppConfigurer
+	Command  func(string, ...string) *exec.Cmd
+	Getenv   func(string) string
 
 	// callback to run before running a command, i.e. for the purposes of logging
 	onRunCommand func(CmdLogEntry)
@@ -45,6 +57,8 @@ type OSCommand struct {
 	CmdLogSpan string
 
 	removeFile func(string) error
+
+	IRunner
 }
 
 // TODO: make these fields private
@@ -79,15 +93,17 @@ func NewCmdLogEntry(cmdStr string, span string, commandLine bool) CmdLogEntry {
 
 // NewOSCommand os command runner
 func NewOSCommand(log *logrus.Entry, config config.AppConfigurer) *OSCommand {
-	return &OSCommand{
-		Log:              log,
-		Platform:         getPlatform(),
-		Config:           config,
-		Command:          secureexec.Command,
-		BeforeExecuteCmd: func(*exec.Cmd) {},
-		Getenv:           os.Getenv,
-		removeFile:       os.RemoveAll,
+	c := &OSCommand{
+		Log:        log,
+		Platform:   getPlatform(),
+		Config:     config,
+		Command:    secureexec.Command,
+		Getenv:     os.Getenv,
+		removeFile: os.RemoveAll,
 	}
+
+	c.IRunner = &RealRunner{c: c}
+	return c
 }
 
 func (c *OSCommand) WithSpan(span string) *OSCommand {
@@ -104,8 +120,8 @@ func (c *OSCommand) WithSpan(span string) *OSCommand {
 	return newOSCommand
 }
 
-func (c *OSCommand) LogExecCmd(cmd *exec.Cmd) {
-	c.LogCommand(strings.Join(cmd.Args, " "), true)
+func (c *OSCommand) LogCmdObj(cmdObj ICmdObj) {
+	c.LogCommand(cmdObj.ToString(), true)
 }
 
 func (c *OSCommand) LogCommand(cmdStr string, commandLine bool) {
@@ -131,108 +147,6 @@ func (c *OSCommand) SetRemoveFile(f func(string) error) {
 	c.removeFile = f
 }
 
-func (c *OSCommand) SetBeforeExecuteCmd(cmd func(*exec.Cmd)) {
-	c.BeforeExecuteCmd = cmd
-}
-
-type RunCommandOptions struct {
-	EnvVars []string
-}
-
-func (c *OSCommand) RunCommandWithOutputWithOptions(command string, options RunCommandOptions) (string, error) {
-	c.LogCommand(command, true)
-	cmd := c.ExecutableFromString(command)
-
-	cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, "GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0") // prevents git from prompting us for input which would freeze the program
-	cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, options.EnvVars...)
-
-	return sanitisedCommandOutput(cmd.CombinedOutput())
-}
-
-func (c *OSCommand) RunCommandWithOptions(command string, options RunCommandOptions) error {
-	_, err := c.RunCommandWithOutputWithOptions(command, options)
-	return err
-}
-
-// RunCommandWithOutput wrapper around commands returning their output and error
-// NOTE: If you don't pass any formatArgs we'll just use the command directly,
-// however there's a bizarre compiler error/warning when you pass in a formatString
-// with a percent sign because it thinks it's supposed to be a formatString when
-// in that case it's not. To get around that error you'll need to define the string
-// in a variable and pass the variable into RunCommandWithOutput.
-func (c *OSCommand) RunCommandWithOutput(formatString string, formatArgs ...interface{}) (string, error) {
-	command := formatString
-	if formatArgs != nil {
-		command = fmt.Sprintf(formatString, formatArgs...)
-	}
-	cmd := c.ExecutableFromString(command)
-	c.LogExecCmd(cmd)
-	output, err := sanitisedCommandOutput(cmd.CombinedOutput())
-	if err != nil {
-		c.Log.WithField("command", command).Error(output)
-	}
-	return output, err
-}
-
-// RunExecutableWithOutput runs an executable file and returns its output
-func (c *OSCommand) RunExecutableWithOutput(cmd *exec.Cmd) (string, error) {
-	c.LogExecCmd(cmd)
-	c.BeforeExecuteCmd(cmd)
-	return sanitisedCommandOutput(cmd.CombinedOutput())
-}
-
-// RunExecutable runs an executable file and returns an error if there was one
-func (c *OSCommand) RunExecutable(cmd *exec.Cmd) error {
-	_, err := c.RunExecutableWithOutput(cmd)
-	return err
-}
-
-// 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)
-	cmd := c.Command(splitCmd[0], splitCmd[1:]...)
-	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS=0")
-	return cmd
-}
-
-// ShellCommandFromString takes a string like `git commit` and returns an executable shell command for it
-func (c *OSCommand) ShellCommandFromString(commandStr string) *exec.Cmd {
-	quotedCommand := ""
-	// Windows does not seem to like quotes around the command
-	if c.Platform.OS == "windows" {
-		quotedCommand = strings.NewReplacer(
-			"^", "^^",
-			"&", "^&",
-			"|", "^|",
-			"<", "^<",
-			">", "^>",
-			"%", "^%",
-		).Replace(commandStr)
-	} else {
-		quotedCommand = c.Quote(commandStr)
-	}
-
-	shellCommand := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s %s", c.Platform.Shell, c.Platform.ShellArg, quotedCommand)
-	return c.ExecutableFromString(shellCommand)
-}
-
-// RunCommand runs a command and just returns the error
-func (c *OSCommand) RunCommand(formatString string, formatArgs ...interface{}) error {
-	_, err := c.RunCommandWithOutput(formatString, formatArgs...)
-	return err
-}
-
-// RunShellCommand runs shell commands i.e. 'sh -c <command>'. Good for when you
-// need access to the shell
-func (c *OSCommand) RunShellCommand(command string) error {
-	cmd := c.ShellCommandFromString(command)
-	c.LogExecCmd(cmd)
-
-	_, err := sanitisedCommandOutput(cmd.CombinedOutput())
-
-	return err
-}
-
 // FileType tells us if the file is a file, directory or other
 func (c *OSCommand) FileType(path string) string {
 	fileInfo, err := os.Stat(path)
@@ -245,19 +159,6 @@ func (c *OSCommand) FileType(path string) string {
 	return "file"
 }
 
-func sanitisedCommandOutput(output []byte, err error) (string, error) {
-	outputString := string(output)
-	if err != nil {
-		// errors like 'exit status 1' are not very useful so we'll create an error
-		// from the combined output
-		if outputString == "" {
-			return "", utils.WrapError(err)
-		}
-		return outputString, errors.New(outputString)
-	}
-	return outputString, nil
-}
-
 // OpenFile opens a file with the given
 func (c *OSCommand) OpenFile(filename string) error {
 	commandTemplate := c.Config.GetUserConfig().OS.OpenCommand
@@ -265,7 +166,7 @@ func (c *OSCommand) OpenFile(filename string) error {
 		"filename": c.Quote(filename),
 	}
 	command := utils.ResolvePlaceholderString(commandTemplate, templateValues)
-	err := c.RunShellCommand(command)
+	err := c.Run(c.NewShellCmdObjFromString(command))
 	return err
 }
 
@@ -278,26 +179,10 @@ func (c *OSCommand) OpenLink(link string) error {
 	}
 
 	command := utils.ResolvePlaceholderString(commandTemplate, templateValues)
-	err := c.RunShellCommand(command)
+	err := c.Run(c.NewShellCmdObjFromString(command))
 	return err
 }
 
-// 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 {
-	cmd := c.Command(cmdName, commandArgs...)
-	if cmd != nil {
-		cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS=0")
-	}
-	c.LogExecCmd(cmd)
-	return cmd
-}
-
-// PrepareShellSubProcess returns the pointer to a custom command
-func (c *OSCommand) PrepareShellSubProcess(command string) *exec.Cmd {
-	return c.PrepareSubProcess(c.Platform.Shell, c.Platform.ShellArg, command)
-}
-
 // Quote wraps a message in platform-specific quotation marks
 func (c *OSCommand) Quote(message string) string {
 	var quote string
@@ -390,24 +275,6 @@ func (c *OSCommand) FileExists(path string) (bool, error) {
 	return true, nil
 }
 
-// RunPreparedCommand takes a pointer to an exec.Cmd and runs it
-// this is useful if you need to give your command some environment variables
-// before running it
-func (c *OSCommand) RunPreparedCommand(cmd *exec.Cmd) error {
-	c.BeforeExecuteCmd(cmd)
-	c.LogExecCmd(cmd)
-	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
-	outString := string(out)
-	c.Log.Info(outString)
-	if err != nil {
-		if len(outString) == 0 {
-			return err
-		}
-		return errors.New(outString)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 // GetLazygitPath returns the path of the currently executed file
 func (c *OSCommand) GetLazygitPath() string {
 	ex, err := os.Executable() // get the executable path for git to use
@@ -426,7 +293,7 @@ func (c *OSCommand) PipeCommands(commandStrings ...string) error {
 			logCmdStr += " | "
 		}
 		logCmdStr += str
-		cmds[i] = c.ExecutableFromString(str)
+		cmds[i] = c.NewCmdObj(str).GetCmd()
 	}
 	c.LogCommand(logCmdStr, true)
 
@@ -489,7 +356,107 @@ func Kill(cmd *exec.Cmd) error {
 	return cmd.Process.Kill()
 }
 
-func RunLineOutputCmd(cmd *exec.Cmd, onLine func(line string) (bool, error)) error {
+func (c *OSCommand) CopyToClipboard(str string) error {
+	escaped := strings.Replace(str, "\n", "\\n", -1)
+	truncated := utils.TruncateWithEllipsis(escaped, 40)
+	c.LogCommand(fmt.Sprintf("Copying '%s' to clipboard", truncated), false)
+	return clipboard.WriteAll(str)
+}
+
+func (c *OSCommand) RemoveFile(path string) error {
+	c.LogCommand(fmt.Sprintf("Deleting path '%s'", path), false)
+
+	return c.removeFile(path)
+}
+
+// builders
+
+func (c *OSCommand) NewCmdObj(cmdStr string) ICmdObj {
+	args := str.ToArgv(cmdStr)
+	cmd := c.Command(args[0], args[1:]...)
+	cmd.Env = os.Environ()
+
+	return &CmdObj{
+		cmdStr: cmdStr,
+		cmd:    cmd,
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *OSCommand) NewCmdObjFromArgs(args []string) ICmdObj {
+	cmd := c.Command(args[0], args[1:]...)
+	cmd.Env = os.Environ()
+
+	return &CmdObj{
+		cmdStr: strings.Join(args, " "),
+		cmd:    cmd,
+	}
+}
+
+// NewShellCmdObjFromString takes a string like `git commit` and returns an executable shell command for it
+func (c *OSCommand) NewShellCmdObjFromString(commandStr string) ICmdObj {
+	quotedCommand := ""
+	// Windows does not seem to like quotes around the command
+	if c.Platform.OS == "windows" {
+		quotedCommand = strings.NewReplacer(
+			"^", "^^",
+			"&", "^&",
+			"|", "^|",
+			"<", "^<",
+			">", "^>",
+			"%", "^%",
+		).Replace(commandStr)
+	} else {
+		quotedCommand = c.Quote(commandStr)
+	}
+
+	shellCommand := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s %s", c.Platform.Shell, c.Platform.ShellArg, quotedCommand)
+	return c.NewCmdObj(shellCommand)
+}
+
+// TODO: pick one of NewShellCmdObjFromString2 and ShellCommandFromString to use. I'm not sure
+// which one actually is better, but I suspect it's NewShellCmdObjFromString2
+func (c *OSCommand) NewShellCmdObjFromString2(command string) ICmdObj {
+	return c.NewCmdObjFromArgs([]string{c.Platform.Shell, c.Platform.ShellArg, command})
+}
+
+// runners
+
+type IRunner interface {
+	Run(cmdObj ICmdObj) error
+	RunWithOutput(cmdObj ICmdObj) (string, error)
+	RunLineOutputCmd(cmdObj ICmdObj, onLine func(line string) (bool, error)) error
+}
+
+type RunExpectation func(ICmdObj) (string, error)
+
+type FakeRunner struct {
+	expectations []RunExpectation
+}
+
+func (self *RealRunner) Run(cmdObj ICmdObj) error {
+
+}
+
+type RealRunner struct {
+	c *OSCommand
+}
+
+func (self *RealRunner) Run(cmdObj ICmdObj) error {
+	_, err := self.RunWithOutput(cmdObj)
+	return err
+}
+
+func (self *RealRunner) RunWithOutput(cmdObj ICmdObj) (string, error) {
+	self.c.LogCmdObj(cmdObj)
+	output, err := sanitisedCommandOutput(cmdObj.GetCmd().CombinedOutput())
+	if err != nil {
+		self.c.Log.WithField("command", cmdObj.ToString()).Error(output)
+	}
+	return output, err
+}
+
+func (self *RealRunner) RunLineOutputCmd(cmdObj ICmdObj, onLine func(line string) (bool, error)) error {
+	cmd := cmdObj.GetCmd()
 	stdoutPipe, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -518,42 +485,15 @@ func RunLineOutputCmd(cmd *exec.Cmd, onLine func(line string) (bool, error)) err
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (c *OSCommand) CopyToClipboard(str string) error {
-	escaped := strings.Replace(str, "\n", "\\n", -1)
-	truncated := utils.TruncateWithEllipsis(escaped, 40)
-	c.LogCommand(fmt.Sprintf("Copying '%s' to clipboard", truncated), false)
-	return clipboard.WriteAll(str)
-}
-
-func (c *OSCommand) RemoveFile(path string) error {
-	c.LogCommand(fmt.Sprintf("Deleting path '%s'", path), false)
-
-	return c.removeFile(path)
-}
-
-func (c *OSCommand) NewCmdObjFromStr(cmdStr string) ICmdObj {
-	args := str.ToArgv(cmdStr)
-	cmd := c.Command(args[0], args[1:]...)
-	cmd.Env = os.Environ()
-
-	return &CmdObj{
-		cmdStr: cmdStr,
-		cmd:    cmd,
-	}
-}
-
-func (c *OSCommand) NewCmdObjFromArgs(args []string) ICmdObj {
-	cmd := c.Command(args[0], args[1:]...)
-
-	return &CmdObj{
-		cmdStr: strings.Join(args, " "),
-		cmd:    cmd,
-	}
-}
-
-func (c *OSCommand) NewCmdObj(cmd *exec.Cmd) ICmdObj {
-	return &CmdObj{
-		cmdStr: strings.Join(cmd.Args, " "),
-		cmd:    cmd,
+func sanitisedCommandOutput(output []byte, err error) (string, error) {
+	outputString := string(output)
+	if err != nil {
+		// errors like 'exit status 1' are not very useful so we'll create an error
+		// from the combined output
+		if outputString == "" {
+			return "", utils.WrapError(err)
+		}
+		return outputString, errors.New(outputString)
 	}
+	return outputString, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/commands/oscommands/os_test.go b/pkg/commands/oscommands/os_test.go
index 4dcca3790..2c2a58802 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/oscommands/os_test.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/oscommands/os_test.go
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-// TestOSCommandRunCommandWithOutput is a function.
-func TestOSCommandRunCommandWithOutput(t *testing.T) {
+// TestOSCommandRunWithOutput is a function.
+func TestOSCommandRunWithOutput(t *testing.T) {
 	type scenario struct {
 		command string
 		test    func(string, error)
@@ -32,12 +32,13 @@ func TestOSCommandRunCommandWithOutput(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, s := range scenarios {
-		s.test(NewDummyOSCommand().RunCommandWithOutput(s.command))
+		c := NewDummyOSCommand()
+		s.test(NewDummyOSCommand().RunWithOutput(c.NewCmdObj(s.command)))
 	}
 }
 
-// TestOSCommandRunCommand is a function.
-func TestOSCommandRunCommand(t *testing.T) {
+// TestOSCommandRun is a function.
+func TestOSCommandRun(t *testing.T) {
 	type scenario struct {
 		command string
 		test    func(error)
@@ -53,7 +54,8 @@ func TestOSCommandRunCommand(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, s := range scenarios {
-		s.test(NewDummyOSCommand().RunCommand(s.command))
+		c := NewDummyOSCommand()
+		s.test(c.Run(c.NewCmdObj(s.command)))
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/commands/patch_rebases.go b/pkg/commands/patch_rebases.go
index a6901dc3f..d9947b18e 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/patch_rebases.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/patch_rebases.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) MovePatchToSelectedCommit(commits []*models.Commit, sourceC
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := c.OSCommand.RunPreparedCommand(cmd); err != nil {
+	if err := c.OSCommand.Run(cmd); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) PullPatchIntoNewCommit(commits []*models.Commit, commitIdx
 
 	head_message, _ := c.GetHeadCommitMessage()
 	new_message := fmt.Sprintf("Split from \"%s\"", head_message)
-	err := c.OSCommand.RunCommand(c.CommitCmdStr(new_message, ""))
+	err := c.OSCommand.Run(c.CommitCmdObj(new_message, ""))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/rebasing.go b/pkg/commands/rebasing.go
index 63c568036..8e00f4283 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/rebasing.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/rebasing.go
@@ -3,17 +3,15 @@ package commands
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
-	"os"
-	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/go-errors/errors"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/models"
-	"github.com/mgutz/str"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/oscommands"
 )
 
-func (c *GitCommand) RewordCommit(commits []*models.Commit, index int) (*exec.Cmd, error) {
+func (c *GitCommand) RewordCommit(commits []*models.Commit, index int) (oscommands.ICmdObj, error) {
 	todo, sha, err := c.GenerateGenericRebaseTodo(commits, index, "reword")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) MoveCommitDown(commits []*models.Commit, index int) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return c.OSCommand.RunPreparedCommand(cmd)
+	return c.OSCommand.Run(cmd)
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) InteractiveRebase(commits []*models.Commit, index int, action string) error {
@@ -54,13 +52,13 @@ func (c *GitCommand) InteractiveRebase(commits []*models.Commit, index int, acti
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return c.OSCommand.RunPreparedCommand(cmd)
+	return c.OSCommand.Run(cmd)
 }
 
 // PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommand returns the cmd for an interactive rebase
 // we tell git to run lazygit to edit the todo list, and we pass the client
 // lazygit a todo string to write to the todo file
-func (c *GitCommand) PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommand(baseSha string, todo string, overrideEditor bool) (*exec.Cmd, error) {
+func (c *GitCommand) PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommand(baseSha string, todo string, overrideEditor bool) (oscommands.ICmdObj, error) {
 	ex := c.OSCommand.GetLazygitPath()
 
 	debug := "FALSE"
@@ -70,9 +68,8 @@ func (c *GitCommand) PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommand(baseSha string, todo string
 
 	cmdStr := fmt.Sprintf("git rebase --interactive --autostash --keep-empty %s", baseSha)
 	c.Log.WithField("command", cmdStr).Info("RunCommand")
-	splitCmd := str.ToArgv(cmdStr)
 
-	cmd := c.OSCommand.Command(splitCmd[0], splitCmd[1:]...)
+	cmdObj := c.NewCmdObj(cmdStr)
 
 	gitSequenceEditor := ex
 	if todo == "" {
@@ -81,9 +78,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommand(baseSha string, todo string
 		c.OSCommand.LogCommand(fmt.Sprintf("Creating TODO file for interactive rebase: \n\n%s", todo), false)
 	}
 
-	cmd.Env = os.Environ()
-	cmd.Env = append(
-		cmd.Env,
+	cmdObj.AddEnvVars(
 		"LAZYGIT_CLIENT_COMMAND=INTERACTIVE_REBASE",
 		"LAZYGIT_REBASE_TODO="+todo,
 		"DEBUG="+debug,
@@ -93,10 +88,10 @@ func (c *GitCommand) PrepareInteractiveRebaseCommand(baseSha string, todo string
 	)
 
 	if overrideEditor {
-		cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, "GIT_EDITOR="+ex)
+		cmdObj.AddEnvVars("GIT_EDITOR=" + ex)
 	}
 
-	return cmd, nil
+	return cmdObj, nil
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) GenerateGenericRebaseTodo(commits []*models.Commit, actionIndex int, action string) (string, string, error) {
@@ -227,7 +222,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) BeginInteractiveRebaseForCommit(commits []*models.Commit, c
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := c.OSCommand.RunPreparedCommand(cmd); err != nil {
+	if err := c.OSCommand.Run(cmd); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -241,7 +236,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) RebaseBranch(branchName string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return c.OSCommand.RunPreparedCommand(cmd)
+	return c.OSCommand.Run(cmd)
 }
 
 // GenericMerge takes a commandType of "merge" or "rebase" and a command of "abort", "skip" or "continue"
@@ -276,14 +271,13 @@ func (c *GitCommand) GenericMergeOrRebaseAction(commandType string, command stri
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) runSkipEditorCommand(command string) error {
-	cmd := c.OSCommand.ExecutableFromString(command)
+	cmdObj := c.OSCommand.NewCmdObj(command)
 	lazyGitPath := c.OSCommand.GetLazygitPath()
-	cmd.Env = append(
-		cmd.Env,
+	cmdObj.AddEnvVars(
 		"LAZYGIT_CLIENT_COMMAND=EXIT_IMMEDIATELY",
 		"GIT_EDITOR="+lazyGitPath,
 		"EDITOR="+lazyGitPath,
 		"VISUAL="+lazyGitPath,
 	)
-	return c.OSCommand.RunExecutable(cmd)
+	return c.OSCommand.Run(cmdObj)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/commands/rebasing_test.go b/pkg/commands/rebasing_test.go
index 7c4a954c9..2527cacd9 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/rebasing_test.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/rebasing_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/oscommands"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/test"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
@@ -62,31 +63,31 @@ func TestGitCommandRebaseBranch(t *testing.T) {
 func TestGitCommandSkipEditorCommand(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd := NewDummyGitCommand()
 
-	cmd.OSCommand.SetBeforeExecuteCmd(func(cmd *exec.Cmd) {
+	cmd.OSCommand.SetBeforeExecuteCmd(func(cmdObj oscommands.ICmdObj) {
 		test.AssertContainsMatch(
 			t,
-			cmd.Env,
+			cmdObj.GetEnvVars(),
 			regexp.MustCompile("^VISUAL="),
 			"expected VISUAL to be set for a non-interactive external command",
 		)
 
 		test.AssertContainsMatch(
 			t,
-			cmd.Env,
+			cmdObj.GetEnvVars(),
 			regexp.MustCompile("^EDITOR="),
 			"expected EDITOR to be set for a non-interactive external command",
 		)
 
 		test.AssertContainsMatch(
 			t,
-			cmd.Env,
+			cmdObj.GetEnvVars(),
 			regexp.MustCompile("^GIT_EDITOR="),
 			"expected GIT_EDITOR to be set for a non-interactive external command",
 		)
 
 		test.AssertContainsMatch(
 			t,
-			cmd.Env,
+			cmdObj.GetEnvVars(),
 			regexp.MustCompile("^LAZYGIT_CLIENT_COMMAND=EXIT_IMMEDIATELY$"),
 			"expected LAZYGIT_CLIENT_COMMAND to be set for a non-interactive external command",
 		)
diff --git a/pkg/commands/remotes.go b/pkg/commands/remotes.go
index 11e5dc26f..553f222ad 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/remotes.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/remotes.go
@@ -7,24 +7,24 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (c *GitCommand) AddRemote(name string, url string) error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git remote add %s %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(name), c.OSCommand.Quote(url))
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("git remote add %s %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(name), c.OSCommand.Quote(url))))
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) RemoveRemote(name string) error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git remote remove %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(name))
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("git remote remove %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(name))))
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) RenameRemote(oldRemoteName string, newRemoteName string) error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git remote rename %s %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(oldRemoteName), c.OSCommand.Quote(newRemoteName))
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("git remote rename %s %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(oldRemoteName), c.OSCommand.Quote(newRemoteName))))
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) UpdateRemoteUrl(remoteName string, updatedUrl string) error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git remote set-url %s %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(remoteName), c.OSCommand.Quote(updatedUrl))
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("git remote set-url %s %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(remoteName), c.OSCommand.Quote(updatedUrl))))
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) DeleteRemoteBranch(remoteName string, branchName string, promptUserForCredential func(string) string) error {
 	command := fmt.Sprintf("git push %s --delete %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(remoteName), c.OSCommand.Quote(branchName))
-	cmdObj := c.NewCmdObjFromStr(command)
+	cmdObj := c.NewCmdObj(command)
 	return c.DetectUnamePass(cmdObj, promptUserForCredential)
 }
 
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ func (c *GitCommand) DetectUnamePass(cmdObj oscommands.ICmdObj, promptUserForCre
 
 // CheckRemoteBranchExists Returns remote branch
 func (c *GitCommand) CheckRemoteBranchExists(branchName string) bool {
-	_, err := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(
-		"git show-ref --verify -- refs/remotes/origin/%s",
-		c.OSCommand.Quote(branchName),
-	)
+	_, err := c.RunWithOutput(c.NewCmdObj(
+		fmt.Sprintf("git show-ref --verify -- refs/remotes/origin/%s",
+			c.OSCommand.Quote(branchName),
+		)))
 
 	return err == nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/commands/stash_entries.go b/pkg/commands/stash_entries.go
index 9c56c78dc..e557ba529 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/stash_entries.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/stash_entries.go
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ import "fmt"
 
 // StashDo modify stash
 func (c *GitCommand) StashDo(index int, method string) error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git stash %s stash@{%d}", method, index)
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("git stash %s stash@{%d}", method, index)))
 }
 
 // StashSave save stash
 // TODO: before calling this, check if there is anything to save
 func (c *GitCommand) StashSave(message string) error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git stash save %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(message))
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git stash save " + c.OSCommand.Quote(message)))
 }
 
 // GetStashEntryDiff stash diff
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) ShowStashEntryCmdStr(index int) string {
 // shoutouts to Joe on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14759748/stashing-only-staged-changes-in-git-is-it-possible
 func (c *GitCommand) StashSaveStagedChanges(message string) error {
 	// wrap in 'writing', which uses a mutex
-	if err := c.RunCommand("git stash --keep-index"); err != nil {
+	if err := c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git stash --keep-index")); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) StashSaveStagedChanges(message string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := c.RunCommand("git stash apply stash@{1}"); err != nil {
+	if err := c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git stash apply stash@{1}")); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) StashSaveStagedChanges(message string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := c.RunCommand("git stash drop stash@{1}"); err != nil {
+	if err := c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git stash drop stash@{1}")); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/commands/submodules.go b/pkg/commands/submodules.go
index 45e830d10..d4343ae19 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/submodules.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/submodules.go
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ package commands
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/models"
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/oscommands"
 )
 
 // .gitmodules looks like this:
@@ -69,28 +71,28 @@ func (c *GitCommand) SubmoduleStash(submodule *models.SubmoduleConfig) error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	return c.RunCommand("git -C %s stash --include-untracked", c.OSCommand.Quote(submodule.Path))
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git -C " + c.OSCommand.Quote(submodule.Path) + " stash --include-untracked"))
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) SubmoduleReset(submodule *models.SubmoduleConfig) error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git submodule update --init --force -- %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(submodule.Path))
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git submodule update --init --force -- " + c.OSCommand.Quote(submodule.Path)))
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) SubmoduleUpdateAll() error {
 	// not doing an --init here because the user probably doesn't want that
-	return c.RunCommand("git submodule update --force")
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git submodule update --force"))
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) SubmoduleDelete(submodule *models.SubmoduleConfig) error {
 	// based on https://gist.github.com/myusuf3/7f645819ded92bda6677
 
-	if err := c.RunCommand("git submodule deinit --force -- %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(submodule.Path)); err != nil {
+	if err := c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git submodule deinit --force -- " + c.OSCommand.Quote(submodule.Path))); err != nil {
 		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "did not match any file(s) known to git") {
-			if err := c.RunCommand("git config --file .gitmodules --remove-section submodule.%s", c.OSCommand.Quote(submodule.Name)); err != nil {
+			if err := c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git config --file .gitmodules --remove-section submodule." + c.OSCommand.Quote(submodule.Name))); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
-			if err := c.RunCommand("git config --remove-section submodule.%s", c.OSCommand.Quote(submodule.Name)); err != nil {
+			if err := c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git config --remove-section submodule." + c.OSCommand.Quote(submodule.Name))); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) SubmoduleDelete(submodule *models.SubmoduleConfig) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if err := c.RunCommand("git rm --force -r %s", submodule.Path); err != nil {
+	if err := c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git rm --force -r " + submodule.Path)); err != nil {
 		// if the directory isn't there then that's fine
 		c.Log.Error(err)
 	}
@@ -109,21 +111,23 @@ func (c *GitCommand) SubmoduleDelete(submodule *models.SubmoduleConfig) error {
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) SubmoduleAdd(name string, path string, url string) error {
-	return c.OSCommand.RunCommand(
-		"git submodule add --force --name %s -- %s %s ",
-		c.OSCommand.Quote(name),
-		c.OSCommand.Quote(url),
-		c.OSCommand.Quote(path),
-	)
+	return c.OSCommand.Run(
+		c.OSCommand.NewCmdObj(
+			fmt.Sprintf(
+				"git submodule add --force --name %s -- %s %s ",
+				c.OSCommand.Quote(name),
+				c.OSCommand.Quote(url),
+				c.OSCommand.Quote(path),
+			)))
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) SubmoduleUpdateUrl(name string, path string, newUrl string) error {
 	// the set-url command is only for later git versions so we're doing it manually here
-	if err := c.RunCommand("git config --file .gitmodules submodule.%s.url %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(name), c.OSCommand.Quote(newUrl)); err != nil {
+	if err := c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git config --file .gitmodules submodule." + c.OSCommand.Quote(name) + ".url " + c.OSCommand.Quote(newUrl))); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := c.RunCommand("git submodule sync -- %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(path)); err != nil {
+	if err := c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git submodule sync -- " + c.OSCommand.Quote(path))); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -131,27 +135,27 @@ func (c *GitCommand) SubmoduleUpdateUrl(name string, path string, newUrl string)
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) SubmoduleInit(path string) error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git submodule init -- %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(path))
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git submodule init -- " + c.OSCommand.Quote(path)))
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) SubmoduleUpdate(path string) error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git submodule update --init -- %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(path))
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj("git submodule update --init -- " + c.OSCommand.Quote(path)))
 }
 
-func (c *GitCommand) SubmoduleBulkInitCmdStr() string {
-	return "git submodule init"
+func (c *GitCommand) SubmoduleBulkInitCmdObj() oscommands.ICmdObj {
+	return c.NewCmdObj("git submodule init")
 }
 
-func (c *GitCommand) SubmoduleBulkUpdateCmdStr() string {
-	return "git submodule update"
+func (c *GitCommand) SubmoduleBulkUpdateCmdObj() oscommands.ICmdObj {
+	return c.NewCmdObj("git submodule update")
 }
 
-func (c *GitCommand) SubmoduleForceBulkUpdateCmdStr() string {
-	return "git submodule update --force"
+func (c *GitCommand) SubmoduleForceBulkUpdateCmdObj() oscommands.ICmdObj {
+	return c.NewCmdObj("git submodule update --force")
 }
 
-func (c *GitCommand) SubmoduleBulkDeinitCmdStr() string {
-	return "git submodule deinit --all --force"
+func (c *GitCommand) SubmoduleBulkDeinitCmdObj() oscommands.ICmdObj {
+	return c.NewCmdObj("git submodule deinit --all --force")
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) ResetSubmodules(submodules []*models.SubmoduleConfig) error {
diff --git a/pkg/commands/sync.go b/pkg/commands/sync.go
index 35f258f4b..65a70bd0d 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/sync.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/sync.go
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) Push(opts PushOpts) error {
 		cmdStr += " " + c.OSCommand.Quote(opts.UpstreamBranch)
 	}
 
-	cmdObj := c.NewCmdObjFromStr(cmdStr)
+	cmdObj := c.NewCmdObj(cmdStr)
 	return c.DetectUnamePass(cmdObj, opts.PromptUserForCredential)
 }
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) Fetch(opts FetchOptions) error {
 		cmdStr = fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", cmdStr, c.OSCommand.Quote(opts.BranchName))
 	}
 
-	cmdObj := c.NewCmdObjFromStr(cmdStr)
+	cmdObj := c.NewCmdObj(cmdStr)
 	return c.DetectUnamePass(cmdObj, func(question string) string {
 		if opts.PromptUserForCredential != nil {
 			return opts.PromptUserForCredential(question)
@@ -94,18 +94,18 @@ func (c *GitCommand) Pull(opts PullOptions) error {
 
 	// setting GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR to ':' as a way of skipping it, in case the user
 	// has 'pull.rebase = interactive' configured.
-	cmdObj := c.NewCmdObjFromStr(cmdStr).AddEnvVars("GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR=:")
+	cmdObj := c.NewCmdObj(cmdStr).AddEnvVars("GIT_SEQUENCE_EDITOR=:")
 	return c.DetectUnamePass(cmdObj, opts.PromptUserForCredential)
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) FastForward(branchName string, remoteName string, remoteBranchName string, promptUserForCredential func(string) string) error {
 	cmdStr := fmt.Sprintf("git fetch %s %s:%s", c.OSCommand.Quote(remoteName), c.OSCommand.Quote(remoteBranchName), c.OSCommand.Quote(branchName))
-	cmdObj := c.NewCmdObjFromStr(cmdStr)
+	cmdObj := c.NewCmdObj(cmdStr)
 	return c.DetectUnamePass(cmdObj, promptUserForCredential)
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) FetchRemote(remoteName string, promptUserForCredential func(string) string) error {
 	cmdStr := fmt.Sprintf("git fetch %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(remoteName))
-	cmdObj := c.NewCmdObjFromStr(cmdStr)
+	cmdObj := c.NewCmdObj(cmdStr)
 	return c.DetectUnamePass(cmdObj, promptUserForCredential)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/commands/tags.go b/pkg/commands/tags.go
index bb04d38e6..bd1f55c65 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/tags.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/tags.go
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (c *GitCommand) CreateLightweightTag(tagName string, commitSha string) error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git tag -- %s %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(tagName), commitSha)
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("git tag -- %s %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(tagName), commitSha)))
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) CreateAnnotatedTag(tagName, commitSha, msg string) error {
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ func (c *GitCommand) CreateAnnotatedTag(tagName, commitSha, msg string) error {
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) DeleteTag(tagName string) error {
-	return c.RunCommand("git tag -d %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(tagName))
+	return c.Run(c.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("git tag -d %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(tagName))))
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) PushTag(remoteName string, tagName string, promptUserForCredential func(string) string) error {
 	cmdStr := fmt.Sprintf("git push %s %s", c.OSCommand.Quote(remoteName), c.OSCommand.Quote(tagName))
-	cmdObj := c.NewCmdObjFromStr(cmdStr)
+	cmdObj := c.NewCmdObj(cmdStr)
 	return c.DetectUnamePass(cmdObj, promptUserForCredential)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/gui/branches_panel.go b/pkg/gui/branches_panel.go
index dee321979..7b712b2ba 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/branches_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/branches_panel.go
@@ -32,11 +32,9 @@ func (gui *Gui) branchesRenderToMain() error {
 	if branch == nil {
 		task = NewRenderStringTask(gui.Tr.NoBranchesThisRepo)
 	} else {
-		cmd := gui.OSCommand.ExecutableFromString(
-			gui.GitCommand.GetBranchGraphCmdStr(branch.Name),
-		)
+		cmdObj := gui.GitCommand.GetBranchGraphCmdObj(branch.Name)
 
-		task = NewRunPtyTask(cmd)
+		task = NewRunPtyTask(cmdObj.GetCmd())
 	}
 
 	return gui.refreshMainViews(refreshMainOpts{
diff --git a/pkg/gui/commit_files_panel.go b/pkg/gui/commit_files_panel.go
index e89108e46..2b7e513df 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/commit_files_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/commit_files_panel.go
@@ -45,10 +45,8 @@ func (gui *Gui) commitFilesRenderToMain() error {
 	to := gui.State.CommitFileManager.GetParent()
 	from, reverse := gui.getFromAndReverseArgsForDiff(to)
 
-	cmd := gui.OSCommand.ExecutableFromString(
-		gui.GitCommand.ShowFileDiffCmdStr(from, to, reverse, node.GetPath(), false),
-	)
-	task := NewRunPtyTask(cmd)
+	cmdObj := gui.GitCommand.ShowFileDiffCmdObj(from, to, reverse, node.GetPath(), false)
+	task := NewRunPtyTask(cmdObj.GetCmd())
 
 	return gui.refreshMainViews(refreshMainOpts{
 		main: &viewUpdateOpts{
diff --git a/pkg/gui/commit_message_panel.go b/pkg/gui/commit_message_panel.go
index b3c1d635a..9e74f26f9 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/commit_message_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/commit_message_panel.go
@@ -24,10 +24,11 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleCommitConfirm() error {
 		flags = append(flags, "--signoff")
 	}
 
-	cmdStr := gui.GitCommand.CommitCmdStr(message, strings.Join(flags, " "))
-	gui.OnRunCommand(oscommands.NewCmdLogEntry(cmdStr, gui.Tr.Spans.Commit, true))
+	cmdObj := gui.GitCommand.CommitCmdObj(message, strings.Join(flags, " "))
+	gui.OnRunCommand(oscommands.NewCmdLogEntry(cmdObj.ToString(), gui.Tr.Spans.Commit, true))
+
 	_ = gui.returnFromContext()
-	return gui.withGpgHandling(cmdStr, gui.Tr.CommittingStatus, func() error {
+	return gui.withGpgHandling(cmdObj, gui.Tr.CommittingStatus, func() error {
 		gui.Views.CommitMessage.ClearTextArea()
 		return nil
 	})
diff --git a/pkg/gui/commits_panel.go b/pkg/gui/commits_panel.go
index a606ce952..8f65ab56e 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/commits_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/commits_panel.go
@@ -46,10 +46,8 @@ func (gui *Gui) branchCommitsRenderToMain() error {
 	if commit == nil {
 		task = NewRenderStringTask(gui.Tr.NoCommitsThisBranch)
 	} else {
-		cmd := gui.OSCommand.ExecutableFromString(
-			gui.GitCommand.ShowCmdStr(commit.Sha, gui.State.Modes.Filtering.GetPath()),
-		)
-		task = NewRunPtyTask(cmd)
+		cmdObj := gui.GitCommand.ShowCmdObj(commit.Sha, gui.State.Modes.Filtering.GetPath())
+		task = NewRunPtyTask(cmdObj.GetCmd())
 	}
 
 	return gui.refreshMainViews(refreshMainOpts{
diff --git a/pkg/gui/custom_commands.go b/pkg/gui/custom_commands.go
index 8f98d6597..06526b6f0 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/custom_commands.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/custom_commands.go
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) menuPromptFromCommand(prompt config.CustomCommandPrompt, promptR
 	}
 
 	// Run and save output
-	message, err := gui.GitCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(cmdStr)
+	message, err := gui.GitCommand.RunWithOutput(gui.GitCommand.NewCmdObj(cmdStr))
 	if err != nil {
 		return gui.surfaceError(err)
 	}
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleCustomCommandKeybinding(customCommand config.CustomCommand
 			}
 
 			if customCommand.Subprocess {
-				return gui.runSubprocessWithSuspenseAndRefresh(gui.OSCommand.PrepareShellSubProcess(cmdStr))
+				return gui.runSubprocessWithSuspenseAndRefresh(gui.OSCommand.NewShellCmdObjFromString2(cmdStr))
 			}
 
 			loadingText := customCommand.LoadingText
@@ -252,7 +252,8 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleCustomCommandKeybinding(customCommand config.CustomCommand
 				loadingText = gui.Tr.LcRunningCustomCommandStatus
 			}
 			return gui.WithWaitingStatus(loadingText, func() error {
-				if err := gui.OSCommand.WithSpan(gui.Tr.Spans.CustomCommand).RunShellCommand(cmdStr); err != nil {
+				cmdObj := gui.OSCommand.NewShellCmdObjFromString(cmdStr)
+				if err := gui.OSCommand.WithSpan(gui.Tr.Spans.CustomCommand).Run(cmdObj); err != nil {
 					return gui.surfaceError(err)
 				}
 				return gui.refreshSidePanels(refreshOptions{})
diff --git a/pkg/gui/diffing.go b/pkg/gui/diffing.go
index e1f3afa88..8b54e21af 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/diffing.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/diffing.go
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ func (gui *Gui) exitDiffMode() error {
 }
 
 func (gui *Gui) renderDiff() error {
-	cmd := gui.OSCommand.ExecutableFromString(
+	cmdObj := gui.OSCommand.NewCmdObj(
 		fmt.Sprintf("git diff --submodule --no-ext-diff --color %s", gui.diffStr()),
 	)
-	task := NewRunPtyTask(cmd)
+	task := NewRunPtyTask(cmdObj.GetCmd())
 
 	return gui.refreshMainViews(refreshMainOpts{
 		main: &viewUpdateOpts{
diff --git a/pkg/gui/files_panel.go b/pkg/gui/files_panel.go
index a0e71bc20..91415e1a7 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/files_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/files_panel.go
@@ -58,22 +58,20 @@ func (gui *Gui) filesRenderToMain() error {
 		return gui.refreshMergePanelWithLock()
 	}
 
-	cmdStr := gui.GitCommand.WorktreeFileDiffCmdStr(node, false, !node.GetHasUnstagedChanges() && node.GetHasStagedChanges(), gui.State.IgnoreWhitespaceInDiffView)
-	cmd := gui.OSCommand.ExecutableFromString(cmdStr)
+	cmdObj := gui.GitCommand.WorktreeFileDiffCmdObj(node, false, !node.GetHasUnstagedChanges() && node.GetHasStagedChanges(), gui.State.IgnoreWhitespaceInDiffView)
 
 	refreshOpts := refreshMainOpts{main: &viewUpdateOpts{
 		title: gui.Tr.UnstagedChanges,
-		task:  NewRunPtyTask(cmd),
+		task:  NewRunPtyTask(cmdObj.GetCmd()),
 	}}
 
 	if node.GetHasUnstagedChanges() {
 		if node.GetHasStagedChanges() {
-			cmdStr := gui.GitCommand.WorktreeFileDiffCmdStr(node, false, true, gui.State.IgnoreWhitespaceInDiffView)
-			cmd := gui.OSCommand.ExecutableFromString(cmdStr)
+			cmdObj := gui.GitCommand.WorktreeFileDiffCmdObj(node, false, true, gui.State.IgnoreWhitespaceInDiffView)
 
 			refreshOpts.secondary = &viewUpdateOpts{
 				title: gui.Tr.StagedChanges,
-				task:  NewRunPtyTask(cmd),
+				task:  NewRunPtyTask(cmdObj.GetCmd()),
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -440,9 +438,9 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleAmendCommitPress() error {
 		title:  strings.Title(gui.Tr.AmendLastCommit),
 		prompt: gui.Tr.SureToAmend,
 		handleConfirm: func() error {
-			cmdStr := gui.GitCommand.AmendHeadCmdStr()
-			gui.OnRunCommand(oscommands.NewCmdLogEntry(cmdStr, gui.Tr.Spans.AmendCommit, true))
-			return gui.withGpgHandling(cmdStr, gui.Tr.AmendingStatus, nil)
+			cmdObj := gui.GitCommand.AmendHeadCmdObj()
+			gui.OnRunCommand(oscommands.NewCmdLogEntry(cmdObj.ToString(), gui.Tr.Spans.AmendCommit, true))
+			return gui.withGpgHandling(cmdObj, gui.Tr.AmendingStatus, nil)
 		},
 	})
 }
@@ -464,8 +462,10 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleCommitEditorPress() error {
 		args = append(args, "--signoff")
 	}
 
+	cmdStr := "git " + strings.Join(args, " ")
+
 	return gui.runSubprocessWithSuspenseAndRefresh(
-		gui.OSCommand.WithSpan(gui.Tr.Spans.Commit).PrepareSubProcess("git", args...),
+		gui.GitCommand.WithSpan(gui.Tr.Spans.Commit).NewCmdObjWithLog(cmdStr),
 	)
 }
 
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) editFileAtLine(filename string, lineNumber int) error {
 	}
 
 	return gui.runSubprocessWithSuspenseAndRefresh(
-		gui.OSCommand.WithSpan(gui.Tr.Spans.EditFile).ShellCommandFromString(cmdStr),
+		gui.OSCommand.WithSpan(gui.Tr.Spans.EditFile).NewShellCmdObjFromString(cmdStr),
 	)
 }
 
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleCustomCommand() error {
 
 			gui.OnRunCommand(oscommands.NewCmdLogEntry(command, gui.Tr.Spans.CustomCommand, true))
 			return gui.runSubprocessWithSuspenseAndRefresh(
-				gui.OSCommand.PrepareShellSubProcess(command),
+				gui.OSCommand.NewShellCmdObjFromString2(command),
 			)
 		},
 	})
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleOpenMergeTool() error {
 		prompt: gui.Tr.MergeToolPrompt,
 		handleConfirm: func() error {
 			return gui.runSubprocessWithSuspenseAndRefresh(
-				gui.OSCommand.ExecutableFromString(gui.GitCommand.OpenMergeToolCmd()),
+				gui.GitCommand.OpenMergeToolCmdObj(),
 			)
 		},
 	})
diff --git a/pkg/gui/git_flow.go b/pkg/gui/git_flow.go
index 31c64385b..29e0b2335 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/git_flow.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/git_flow.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) gitFlowFinishBranch(gitFlowConfig string, branchName string) err
 	}
 
 	return gui.runSubprocessWithSuspenseAndRefresh(
-		gui.OSCommand.WithSpan(gui.Tr.Spans.GitFlowFinish).PrepareSubProcess("git", "flow", branchType, "finish", suffix),
+		gui.GitCommand.WithSpan(gui.Tr.Spans.GitFlowFinish).NewCmdObjWithLog("git flow " + branchType + " finish " + suffix),
 	)
 }
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleCreateGitFlowMenu() error {
 	}
 
 	// get config
-	gitFlowConfig, err := gui.GitCommand.RunCommandWithOutput("git config --local --get-regexp gitflow")
+	gitFlowConfig, err := gui.GitCommand.RunWithOutput(gui.GitCommand.NewCmdObj("git config --local --get-regexp gitflow"))
 	if err != nil {
 		return gui.createErrorPanel("You need to install git-flow and enable it in this repo to use git-flow features")
 	}
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleCreateGitFlowMenu() error {
 				title: title,
 				handleConfirm: func(name string) error {
 					return gui.runSubprocessWithSuspenseAndRefresh(
-						gui.OSCommand.WithSpan(gui.Tr.Spans.GitFlowStart).PrepareSubProcess("git", "flow", branchType, "start", name),
+						gui.GitCommand.WithSpan(gui.Tr.Spans.GitFlowStart).NewCmdObjWithLog("git flow " + branchType + " start " + name),
 					)
 				},
 			})
diff --git a/pkg/gui/gpg.go b/pkg/gui/gpg.go
index 1811e4fb5..9bd8b5d15 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/gpg.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/gpg.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package gui
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/oscommands"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/style"
 )
 
@@ -10,12 +11,11 @@ import (
 // WithWaitingStatus we get stuck there and can't return to lazygit. We could
 // fix this bug, or just stop running subprocesses from within there, given that
 // we don't need to see a loading status if we're in a subprocess.
-func (gui *Gui) withGpgHandling(cmdStr string, waitingStatus string, onSuccess func() error) error {
+// TODO: work out if we actually need to use a shell command here
+func (gui *Gui) withGpgHandling(cmdObj oscommands.ICmdObj, waitingStatus string, onSuccess func() error) error {
 	useSubprocess := gui.GitCommand.UsingGpg()
 	if useSubprocess {
-		// Need to remember why we use the shell for the subprocess but not in the other case
-		// Maybe there's no good reason
-		success, err := gui.runSubprocessWithSuspense(gui.OSCommand.ShellCommandFromString(cmdStr))
+		success, err := gui.runSubprocessWithSuspense(gui.OSCommand.NewShellCmdObjFromString(cmdObj.ToString()))
 		if success && onSuccess != nil {
 			if err := onSuccess(); err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -27,15 +27,16 @@ func (gui *Gui) withGpgHandling(cmdStr string, waitingStatus string, onSuccess f
 
 		return err
 	} else {
-		return gui.RunAndStream(cmdStr, waitingStatus, onSuccess)
+		return gui.RunAndStream(cmdObj, waitingStatus, onSuccess)
 	}
 }
 
-func (gui *Gui) RunAndStream(cmdStr string, waitingStatus string, onSuccess func() error) error {
+func (gui *Gui) RunAndStream(cmdObj oscommands.ICmdObj, waitingStatus string, onSuccess func() error) error {
 	return gui.WithWaitingStatus(waitingStatus, func() error {
-		cmd := gui.OSCommand.ShellCommandFromString(cmdStr)
-		cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, "TERM=dumb")
+		cmdObj := gui.OSCommand.NewShellCmdObjFromString(cmdObj.ToString())
+		cmdObj.AddEnvVars("TERM=dumb")
 		cmdWriter := gui.getCmdWriter()
+		cmd := cmdObj.GetCmd()
 		cmd.Stdout = cmdWriter
 		cmd.Stderr = cmdWriter
 
diff --git a/pkg/gui/gui.go b/pkg/gui/gui.go
index 4a2248935..39d2a9763 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/gui.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/gui.go
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"sync"
 
-	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -578,7 +577,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) RunAndHandleError() error {
 }
 
 // returns whether command exited without error or not
-func (gui *Gui) runSubprocessWithSuspenseAndRefresh(subprocess *exec.Cmd) error {
+func (gui *Gui) runSubprocessWithSuspenseAndRefresh(subprocess oscommands.ICmdObj) error {
 	_, err := gui.runSubprocessWithSuspense(subprocess)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -592,7 +591,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) runSubprocessWithSuspenseAndRefresh(subprocess *exec.Cmd) error
 }
 
 // returns whether command exited without error or not
-func (gui *Gui) runSubprocessWithSuspense(subprocess *exec.Cmd) (bool, error) {
+func (gui *Gui) runSubprocessWithSuspense(subprocess oscommands.ICmdObj) (bool, error) {
 	gui.Mutexes.SubprocessMutex.Lock()
 	defer gui.Mutexes.SubprocessMutex.Unlock()
 
@@ -621,7 +620,8 @@ func (gui *Gui) runSubprocessWithSuspense(subprocess *exec.Cmd) (bool, error) {
 	return cmdErr == nil, gui.surfaceError(cmdErr)
 }
 
-func (gui *Gui) runSubprocess(subprocess *exec.Cmd) error {
+func (gui *Gui) runSubprocess(cmdObj oscommands.ICmdObj) error {
+	subprocess := cmdObj.GetCmd()
 	subprocess.Stdout = os.Stdout
 	subprocess.Stderr = os.Stdout
 	subprocess.Stdin = os.Stdin
diff --git a/pkg/gui/rebase_options_panel.go b/pkg/gui/rebase_options_panel.go
index 280022000..28241e57e 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/rebase_options_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/rebase_options_panel.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) genericMergeCommand(command string) error {
 
 	// it's impossible for a rebase to require a commit so we'll use a subprocess only if it's a merge
 	if status == commands.REBASE_MODE_MERGING && command != REBASE_OPTION_ABORT && gui.Config.GetUserConfig().Git.Merging.ManualCommit {
-		sub := gitCommand.OSCommand.PrepareSubProcess("git", commandType, fmt.Sprintf("--%s", command))
+		sub := gitCommand.NewCmdObj("git " + commandType + " --" + command)
 		if sub != nil {
 			return gui.runSubprocessWithSuspenseAndRefresh(sub)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/gui/recent_repos_panel.go b/pkg/gui/recent_repos_panel.go
index 5460a2155..ae5d35948 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/recent_repos_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/recent_repos_panel.go
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleCreateRecentReposMenu() error {
 }
 
 func (gui *Gui) handleShowAllBranchLogs() error {
-	cmd := gui.OSCommand.ExecutableFromString(
+	cmdObj := gui.OSCommand.NewCmdObj(
 		gui.Config.GetUserConfig().Git.AllBranchesLogCmd,
 	)
-	task := NewRunPtyTask(cmd)
+	task := NewRunPtyTask(cmdObj.GetCmd())
 
 	return gui.refreshMainViews(refreshMainOpts{
 		main: &viewUpdateOpts{
diff --git a/pkg/gui/reflog_panel.go b/pkg/gui/reflog_panel.go
index a5f1d2614..9df0d2501 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/reflog_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/reflog_panel.go
@@ -22,11 +22,9 @@ func (gui *Gui) reflogCommitsRenderToMain() error {
 	if commit == nil {
 		task = NewRenderStringTask("No reflog history")
 	} else {
-		cmd := gui.OSCommand.ExecutableFromString(
-			gui.GitCommand.ShowCmdStr(commit.Sha, gui.State.Modes.Filtering.GetPath()),
-		)
+		cmdObj := gui.GitCommand.ShowCmdObj(commit.Sha, gui.State.Modes.Filtering.GetPath())
 
-		task = NewRunPtyTask(cmd)
+		task = NewRunPtyTask(cmdObj.GetCmd())
 	}
 
 	return gui.refreshMainViews(refreshMainOpts{
diff --git a/pkg/gui/remote_branches_panel.go b/pkg/gui/remote_branches_panel.go
index eba2e5d2b..a18479281 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/remote_branches_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/remote_branches_panel.go
@@ -24,10 +24,8 @@ func (gui *Gui) remoteBranchesRenderToMain() error {
 	if remoteBranch == nil {
 		task = NewRenderStringTask("No branches for this remote")
 	} else {
-		cmd := gui.OSCommand.ExecutableFromString(
-			gui.GitCommand.GetBranchGraphCmdStr(remoteBranch.FullName()),
-		)
-		task = NewRunCommandTask(cmd)
+		cmdObj := gui.GitCommand.GetBranchGraphCmdObj(remoteBranch.FullName())
+		task = NewRunCommandTask(cmdObj.GetCmd())
 	}
 
 	return gui.refreshMainViews(refreshMainOpts{
diff --git a/pkg/gui/reset_menu_panel.go b/pkg/gui/reset_menu_panel.go
index fc15d36de..609655571 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/reset_menu_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/reset_menu_panel.go
@@ -3,12 +3,11 @@ package gui
 import (
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/oscommands"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/gui/style"
 )
 
-func (gui *Gui) resetToRef(ref string, strength string, span string, options oscommands.RunCommandOptions) error {
-	if err := gui.GitCommand.WithSpan(span).ResetToCommit(ref, strength, options); err != nil {
+func (gui *Gui) resetToRef(ref string, strength string, span string, envVars []string) error {
+	if err := gui.GitCommand.WithSpan(span).ResetToCommit(ref, strength, envVars); err != nil {
 		return gui.surfaceError(err)
 	}
 
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) createResetMenu(ref string) error {
 				style.FgRed.Sprintf("reset --%s %s", strength, ref),
 			},
 			onPress: func() error {
-				return gui.resetToRef(ref, strength, "Reset", oscommands.RunCommandOptions{})
+				return gui.resetToRef(ref, strength, "Reset", []string{})
 			},
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/gui/stash_panel.go b/pkg/gui/stash_panel.go
index 61dd6afd8..13837a502 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/stash_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/stash_panel.go
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ func (gui *Gui) stashRenderToMain() error {
 	if stashEntry == nil {
 		task = NewRenderStringTask(gui.Tr.NoStashEntries)
 	} else {
-		cmd := gui.OSCommand.ExecutableFromString(
+		cmdObj := gui.OSCommand.NewCmdObj(
 			gui.GitCommand.ShowStashEntryCmdStr(stashEntry.Index),
 		)
-		task = NewRunPtyTask(cmd)
+		task = NewRunPtyTask(cmdObj.GetCmd())
 	}
 
 	return gui.refreshMainViews(refreshMainOpts{
diff --git a/pkg/gui/sub_commits_panel.go b/pkg/gui/sub_commits_panel.go
index a60767eea..fe2d24c40 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/sub_commits_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/sub_commits_panel.go
@@ -23,11 +23,9 @@ func (gui *Gui) subCommitsRenderToMain() error {
 	if commit == nil {
 		task = NewRenderStringTask("No commits")
 	} else {
-		cmd := gui.OSCommand.ExecutableFromString(
-			gui.GitCommand.ShowCmdStr(commit.Sha, gui.State.Modes.Filtering.GetPath()),
-		)
+		cmdObj := gui.GitCommand.ShowCmdObj(commit.Sha, gui.State.Modes.Filtering.GetPath())
 
-		task = NewRunPtyTask(cmd)
+		task = NewRunPtyTask(cmdObj.GetCmd())
 	}
 
 	return gui.refreshMainViews(refreshMainOpts{
diff --git a/pkg/gui/submodules_panel.go b/pkg/gui/submodules_panel.go
index 4dd6aa628..01cd130e0 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/submodules_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/submodules_panel.go
@@ -36,9 +36,8 @@ func (gui *Gui) submodulesRenderToMain() error {
 		if file == nil {
 			task = NewRenderStringTask(prefix)
 		} else {
-			cmdStr := gui.GitCommand.WorktreeFileDiffCmdStr(file, false, !file.HasUnstagedChanges && file.HasStagedChanges, gui.State.IgnoreWhitespaceInDiffView)
-			cmd := gui.OSCommand.ExecutableFromString(cmdStr)
-			task = NewRunCommandTaskWithPrefix(cmd, prefix)
+			cmdObj := gui.GitCommand.WorktreeFileDiffCmdObj(file, false, !file.HasUnstagedChanges && file.HasStagedChanges, gui.State.IgnoreWhitespaceInDiffView)
+			task = NewRunCommandTaskWithPrefix(cmdObj.GetCmd(), prefix)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -212,10 +211,10 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleResetRemoveSubmodule(submodule *models.SubmoduleConfig) er
 func (gui *Gui) handleBulkSubmoduleActionsMenu() error {
 	menuItems := []*menuItem{
 		{
-			displayStrings: []string{gui.Tr.LcBulkInitSubmodules, style.FgGreen.Sprint(gui.GitCommand.SubmoduleBulkInitCmdStr())},
+			displayStrings: []string{gui.Tr.LcBulkInitSubmodules, style.FgGreen.Sprint(gui.GitCommand.SubmoduleBulkInitCmdObj().ToString())},
 			onPress: func() error {
 				return gui.WithWaitingStatus(gui.Tr.LcRunningCommand, func() error {
-					if err := gui.OSCommand.WithSpan(gui.Tr.Spans.BulkInitialiseSubmodules).RunCommand(gui.GitCommand.SubmoduleBulkInitCmdStr()); err != nil {
+					if err := gui.OSCommand.WithSpan(gui.Tr.Spans.BulkInitialiseSubmodules).Run(gui.GitCommand.SubmoduleBulkInitCmdObj()); err != nil {
 						return gui.surfaceError(err)
 					}
 
@@ -224,10 +223,10 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleBulkSubmoduleActionsMenu() error {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			displayStrings: []string{gui.Tr.LcBulkUpdateSubmodules, style.FgYellow.Sprint(gui.GitCommand.SubmoduleBulkUpdateCmdStr())},
+			displayStrings: []string{gui.Tr.LcBulkUpdateSubmodules, style.FgYellow.Sprint(gui.GitCommand.SubmoduleBulkUpdateCmdObj().ToString())},
 			onPress: func() error {
 				return gui.WithWaitingStatus(gui.Tr.LcRunningCommand, func() error {
-					if err := gui.OSCommand.WithSpan(gui.Tr.Spans.BulkUpdateSubmodules).RunCommand(gui.GitCommand.SubmoduleBulkUpdateCmdStr()); err != nil {
+					if err := gui.OSCommand.WithSpan(gui.Tr.Spans.BulkUpdateSubmodules).Run(gui.GitCommand.SubmoduleBulkUpdateCmdObj()); err != nil {
 						return gui.surfaceError(err)
 					}
 
@@ -236,7 +235,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleBulkSubmoduleActionsMenu() error {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			displayStrings: []string{gui.Tr.LcSubmoduleStashAndReset, style.FgRed.Sprintf("git stash in each submodule && %s", gui.GitCommand.SubmoduleForceBulkUpdateCmdStr())},
+			displayStrings: []string{gui.Tr.LcSubmoduleStashAndReset, style.FgRed.Sprintf("git stash in each submodule && %s", gui.GitCommand.SubmoduleForceBulkUpdateCmdObj().ToString())},
 			onPress: func() error {
 				return gui.WithWaitingStatus(gui.Tr.LcRunningCommand, func() error {
 					if err := gui.GitCommand.WithSpan(gui.Tr.Spans.BulkStashAndResetSubmodules).ResetSubmodules(gui.State.Submodules); err != nil {
@@ -248,10 +247,10 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleBulkSubmoduleActionsMenu() error {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			displayStrings: []string{gui.Tr.LcBulkDeinitSubmodules, style.FgRed.Sprint(gui.GitCommand.SubmoduleBulkDeinitCmdStr())},
+			displayStrings: []string{gui.Tr.LcBulkDeinitSubmodules, style.FgRed.Sprint(gui.GitCommand.SubmoduleBulkDeinitCmdObj().ToString())},
 			onPress: func() error {
 				return gui.WithWaitingStatus(gui.Tr.LcRunningCommand, func() error {
-					if err := gui.OSCommand.WithSpan(gui.Tr.Spans.BulkDeinitialiseSubmodules).RunCommand(gui.GitCommand.SubmoduleBulkDeinitCmdStr()); err != nil {
+					if err := gui.OSCommand.WithSpan(gui.Tr.Spans.BulkDeinitialiseSubmodules).Run(gui.GitCommand.SubmoduleBulkDeinitCmdObj()); err != nil {
 						return gui.surfaceError(err)
 					}
 
diff --git a/pkg/gui/tags_panel.go b/pkg/gui/tags_panel.go
index b747c7e1a..51790fd58 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/tags_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/tags_panel.go
@@ -25,10 +25,8 @@ func (gui *Gui) tagsRenderToMain() error {
 	if tag == nil {
 		task = NewRenderStringTask("No tags")
 	} else {
-		cmd := gui.OSCommand.ExecutableFromString(
-			gui.GitCommand.GetBranchGraphCmdStr(tag.Name),
-		)
-		task = NewRunCommandTask(cmd)
+		cmdObj := gui.GitCommand.GetBranchGraphCmdObj(tag.Name)
+		task = NewRunCommandTask(cmdObj.GetCmd())
 	}
 
 	return gui.refreshMainViews(refreshMainOpts{
diff --git a/pkg/gui/undoing.go b/pkg/gui/undoing.go
index bd67408d4..76a391730 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/undoing.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/undoing.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package gui
 
 import (
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands"
-	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands/oscommands"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils"
 )
 
@@ -169,7 +168,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleHardResetWithAutoStash(commitSha string, options handleHar
 	gitCommand := gui.GitCommand.WithSpan(options.span)
 
 	reset := func() error {
-		if err := gui.resetToRef(commitSha, "hard", options.span, oscommands.RunCommandOptions{EnvVars: options.EnvVars}); err != nil {
+		if err := gui.resetToRef(commitSha, "hard", options.span, options.EnvVars); err != nil {
 			return gui.surfaceError(err)
 		}
 		return nil
diff --git a/pkg/integration/integration.go b/pkg/integration/integration.go
index 4b1842d44..ba49d3bd7 100644
--- a/pkg/integration/integration.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/integration.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func RunTests(
 	testDir := filepath.Join(rootDir, "test", "integration")
 
 	osCommand := oscommands.NewDummyOSCommand()
-	err = osCommand.RunCommand("go build -o %s", tempLazygitPath())
+	err = osCommand.Run(osCommand.NewCmdObj("go build -o " + tempLazygitPath()))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -216,11 +216,10 @@ func GetRootDirectory() string {
 }
 
 func createFixture(testPath, actualDir string) error {
-	osCommand := oscommands.NewDummyOSCommand()
 	bashScriptPath := filepath.Join(testPath, "setup.sh")
 	cmd := secureexec.Command("bash", bashScriptPath, actualDir)
 
-	if err := osCommand.RunExecutable(cmd); err != nil {
+	if _, err := cmd.CombinedOutput(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
@@ -320,7 +319,7 @@ func generateSnapshot(dir string) (string, error) {
 
 	for _, cmdStr := range cmdStrs {
 		// ignoring error for now. If there's an error it could be that there are no results
-		output, _ := osCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(cmdStr)
+		output, _ := osCommand.RunWithOutput(osCommand.NewCmdObj(cmdStr))
 
 		snapshot += output + "\n"
 	}
@@ -429,22 +428,16 @@ func getLazygitCommand(testPath string, rootDir string, record bool, speed float
 
 	cmdStr := fmt.Sprintf("%s -debug --use-config-dir=%s --path=%s %s", tempLazygitPath(), configDir, actualDir, extraCmdArgs)
 
-	cmd := osCommand.ExecutableFromString(cmdStr)
-	cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, fmt.Sprintf("SPEED=%f", speed))
+	cmdObj := osCommand.NewCmdObj(cmdStr)
+	cmdObj.AddEnvVars(fmt.Sprintf("SPEED=%f", speed))
 
 	if record {
-		cmd.Env = append(
-			cmd.Env,
-			fmt.Sprintf("RECORD_EVENTS_TO=%s", replayPath),
-		)
+		cmdObj.AddEnvVars(fmt.Sprintf("RECORD_EVENTS_TO=%s", replayPath))
 	} else {
-		cmd.Env = append(
-			cmd.Env,
-			fmt.Sprintf("REPLAY_EVENTS_FROM=%s", replayPath),
-		)
+		cmdObj.AddEnvVars(fmt.Sprintf("REPLAY_EVENTS_FROM=%s", replayPath))
 	}
 
-	return cmd, nil
+	return cmdObj.GetCmd(), nil
 }
 
 func folderExists(path string) bool {
diff --git a/pkg/updates/updates.go b/pkg/updates/updates.go
index cb5a64788..b6d0f2734 100644
--- a/pkg/updates/updates.go
+++ b/pkg/updates/updates.go
@@ -300,7 +300,8 @@ func (u *Updater) downloadAndInstall(rawUrl string) error {
 	}
 
 	u.Log.Info("untarring tarball/unzipping zip file")
-	if err := u.OSCommand.RunCommand("tar -zxf %s %s", u.OSCommand.Quote(zipPath), "lazygit"); err != nil {
+	cmdObj := u.OSCommand.NewCmdObj(fmt.Sprintf("tar -zxf %s %s", u.OSCommand.Quote(zipPath), "lazygit"))
+	if err := u.OSCommand.Run(cmdObj); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}