diff --git a/src/app/git.coffee b/src/app/git.coffee
index 6d29f1b53..d300de60a 100644
--- a/src/app/git.coffee
+++ b/src/app/git.coffee
@@ -35,11 +35,16 @@ class Git
   isPathModified: (path) ->
     modifiedFlags = @statusFlags.working_dir_modified |
                     @statusFlags.working_dir_delete |
-                    @statusFlags.working_dir_typechange
+                    @statusFlags.working_dir_typechange |
+                    @statusFlags.index_modified |
+                    @statusFlags.index_deleted |
+                    @statusFlags.index_typechange
     (@getPathStatus(path) & modifiedFlags) > 0
 
   isPathNew: (path) ->
-    (@getPathStatus(path) & @statusFlags.working_dir_new) > 0
+    newFlags = @statusFlags.working_dir_new |
+               @statusFlags.index_new
+    (@getPathStatus(path) & newFlags) > 0
 
   relativize: (path) ->
     workingDirectory = @getWorkingDirectory()