diff --git a/src/app/git.coffee b/src/app/git.coffee
index d5ab39f31..d1f213c28 100644
--- a/src/app/git.coffee
+++ b/src/app/git.coffee
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class Git
     @getRepo().getAheadBehindCounts()
 
   getLineDiffs: (path, text) ->
-    @getRepo().getLineDiffs(@relativize(path), path)
+    @getRepo().getLineDiffs(@relativize(path), text)
 
 _.extend Git.prototype, Subscriber
 _.extend Git.prototype, EventEmitter