diff --git a/src/app/git.coffee b/src/app/git.coffee
index a015d474a..0a7859858 100644
--- a/src/app/git.coffee
+++ b/src/app/git.coffee
@@ -70,7 +70,10 @@ class Git
   getPathStatus: (path) ->
     currentPathStatus = @statuses[path]
     pathStatus = @getRepo().getStatus(@relativize(path))
-    @statuses[path] = pathStatus
+    if pathStatus > 0
+      @statuses[path] = pathStatus
+    else
+      delete @statuses[path]
     if currentPathStatus isnt pathStatus
       @trigger 'status-changed', path, pathStatus
     pathStatus