diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index e0df88b2d..73c8c3731 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -189,11 +189,11 @@
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:acbcdae312c37a8019e0f573a9be26499058d5e1244243655373d2fd97714658"
+  digest = "1:145fe566d21b0e2579e1600f09e4e4b01da017676ba8e079de75a2e21111538b"
   name = "github.com/jesseduffield/gocui"
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = "NUT"
-  revision = "5d9e836837237cb3aadca51ecb37c7cf3345bfa4"
+  revision = "c4051ef0fbcbe519bc1d082a579a38100c7cf044"
 
 [[projects]]
   digest = "1:ac6d01547ec4f7f673311b4663909269bfb8249952de3279799289467837c3cc"
@@ -611,7 +611,6 @@
   analyzer-version = 1
   input-imports = [
     "github.com/cloudfoundry/jibber_jabber",
-    "github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew",
     "github.com/fatih/color",
     "github.com/golang-collections/collections/stack",
     "github.com/heroku/rollrus",
diff --git a/pkg/gui/commit_message_panel.go b/pkg/gui/commit_message_panel.go
index 26db703f0..36718680f 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/commit_message_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/commit_message_panel.go
@@ -34,15 +34,6 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleCommitClose(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 }
 
 func (gui *Gui) handleNewlineCommitMessage(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	// resising ahead of time so that the top line doesn't get hidden to make
-	// room for the cursor on the second line
-	x0, y0, x1, y1 := gui.getConfirmationPanelDimensions(g, v.Buffer())
-	if _, err := g.SetView("commitMessage", x0, y0, x1, y1+1, 0); err != nil {
-		if err != gocui.ErrUnknownView {
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-
 	v.EditNewLine()
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/gui/confirmation_panel.go b/pkg/gui/confirmation_panel.go
index 1702b1df6..0bb633f32 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/confirmation_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/confirmation_panel.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/fatih/color"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/gocui"
-	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils"
 )
 
 func (gui *Gui) wrappedConfirmationFunction(function func(*gocui.Gui, *gocui.View) error) func(*gocui.Gui, *gocui.View) error {
@@ -161,17 +160,3 @@ func (gui *Gui) createErrorPanel(g *gocui.Gui, message string) error {
 	coloredMessage := colorFunction(strings.TrimSpace(message))
 	return gui.createConfirmationPanel(g, currentView, gui.Tr.SLocalize("Error"), coloredMessage, nil, nil)
 }
-
-func (gui *Gui) resizePopupPanel(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
-	// If the confirmation panel is already displayed, just resize the width,
-	// otherwise continue
-	content := utils.TrimTrailingNewline(v.Buffer())
-	x0, y0, x1, y1 := gui.getConfirmationPanelDimensions(g, content)
-	vx0, vy0, vx1, vy1 := v.Dimensions()
-	if vx0 == x0 && vy0 == y0 && vx1 == x1 && vy1 == y1 {
-		return nil
-	}
-	gui.Log.Info(gui.Tr.SLocalize("resizingPopupPanel"))
-	_, err := g.SetView(v.Name(), x0, y0, x1, y1, 0)
-	return err
-}
diff --git a/pkg/gui/gui.go b/pkg/gui/gui.go
index 2a68bce71..bb2ed752b 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/gui.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/gui.go
@@ -307,9 +307,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) layout(g *gocui.Gui) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	gui.resizePopupPanels(g)
-
-	return nil
+	return gui.resizeCurrentPopupPanel(g)
 }
 
 func (gui *Gui) promptAnonymousReporting() error {
@@ -355,14 +353,6 @@ func (gui *Gui) goEvery(g *gocui.Gui, interval time.Duration, function func(*goc
 	}()
 }
 
-func (gui *Gui) resizePopupPanels(g *gocui.Gui) error {
-	v := g.CurrentView()
-	if v.Name() == "commitMessage" || v.Name() == "confirmation" {
-		return gui.resizePopupPanel(g, v)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 // Run setup the gui with keybindings and start the mainloop
 func (gui *Gui) Run() error {
 	g, err := gocui.NewGui(gocui.OutputNormal, OverlappingEdges)
diff --git a/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go b/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go
index fd810220b..3a59945a5 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/view_helpers.go
@@ -268,3 +268,25 @@ func (gui *Gui) currentViewName(g *gocui.Gui) string {
 	currentView := g.CurrentView()
 	return currentView.Name()
 }
+
+func (gui *Gui) resizeCurrentPopupPanel(g *gocui.Gui) error {
+	v := g.CurrentView()
+	if v.Name() == "commitMessage" || v.Name() == "confirmation" {
+		return gui.resizePopupPanel(g, v)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (gui *Gui) resizePopupPanel(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	// If the confirmation panel is already displayed, just resize the width,
+	// otherwise continue
+	content := v.Buffer()
+	x0, y0, x1, y1 := gui.getConfirmationPanelDimensions(g, content)
+	vx0, vy0, vx1, vy1 := v.Dimensions()
+	if vx0 == x0 && vy0 == y0 && vx1 == x1 && vy1 == y1 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	gui.Log.Info(gui.Tr.SLocalize("resizingPopupPanel"))
+	_, err := g.SetView(v.Name(), x0, y0, x1, y1, 0)
+	return err
+}
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/jesseduffield/gocui/edit.go b/vendor/github.com/jesseduffield/gocui/edit.go
index a5e6f690b..c339d75fb 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/jesseduffield/gocui/edit.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/jesseduffield/gocui/edit.go
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ func (v *View) EditDelete(back bool) {
 func (v *View) EditNewLine() {
 	v.breakLine(v.cx, v.cy)
 	v.ox = 0
+	v.cy = v.cy + 1
 	v.cx = 0
-	v.MoveCursor(0, 1, true)
 }
 
 // MoveCursor moves the cursor taking into account the width of the line/view,