diff --git a/native/v8_extensions/git.mm b/native/v8_extensions/git.mm
index 3063e43ad..8027f84e4 100644
--- a/native/v8_extensions/git.mm
+++ b/native/v8_extensions/git.mm
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public:
       return CefV8Value::CreateBool(false);
 
     int *ignored;
-    if (git_ignore_path_is_ignored(ignored, repo, path) == GIT_OK)
+    if (git_ignore_path_is_ignored(ignored, repo, path) >= GIT_OK)
       return CefV8Value::CreateBool(*ignored == 1);
     else
       return CefV8Value::CreateBool(false);
diff --git a/spec/app/git-spec.coffee b/spec/app/git-spec.coffee
index a9da26be0..efe07de60 100644
--- a/spec/app/git-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/git-spec.coffee
@@ -28,3 +28,12 @@ describe "Git", ->
     it "returns a branch name for a non-empty repository", ->
       repo = new Git(require.resolve('fixtures/git/master.git'))
       expect(repo.getShortHead()).toBe 'master'
+
+  describe "isIgnored()", ->
+    it "returns true for an ignored path", ->
+      repo = new Git(require.resolve('fixtures/git/ignore.git'))
+      expect(repo.isIgnored('a.txt')).toBeTruthy()
+
+    it "returns false for a non-ignored path", ->
+      repo = new Git(require.resolve('fixtures/git/ignore.git'))
+      expect(repo.isIgnored('b.txt')).toBeFalsy()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG b/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..802607664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/COMMIT_EDITMSG
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+initial commit
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/HEAD b/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/HEAD
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb089cd89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/HEAD
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ref: refs/heads/master
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/config b/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af107929f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/config
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[core]
+	repositoryformatversion = 0
+	filemode = true
+	bare = false
+	logallrefupdates = true
+	ignorecase = true
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/description b/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/description
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..498b267a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/description
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Unnamed repository; edit this file 'description' to name the repository.
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/index b/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/index
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf35b18cd
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diff --git a/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/info/exclude b/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/info/exclude
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eaa5fa875
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/info/exclude
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a.txt
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/logs/HEAD b/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/logs/HEAD
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5e7d8dcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/logs/HEAD
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 ef046e9eecaa5255ea5e9817132d4001724d6ae1 Kevin Sawicki <kevinsawicki@gmail.com> 1351201397 -0700	commit (initial): initial commit
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/logs/refs/heads/master b/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/logs/refs/heads/master
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5e7d8dcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/logs/refs/heads/master
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 ef046e9eecaa5255ea5e9817132d4001724d6ae1 Kevin Sawicki <kevinsawicki@gmail.com> 1351201397 -0700	commit (initial): initial commit
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/objects/65/a457425a679cbe9adf0d2741785d3ceabb44a7 b/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/objects/65/a457425a679cbe9adf0d2741785d3ceabb44a7
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba1f06fc0
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index 000000000..711223894
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diff --git a/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/objects/ef/046e9eecaa5255ea5e9817132d4001724d6ae1 b/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/objects/ef/046e9eecaa5255ea5e9817132d4001724d6ae1
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index 000000000..eaf6eeff3
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diff --git a/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/refs/heads/master b/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/refs/heads/master
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6134b5707
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/git/ignore.git/refs/heads/master
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ef046e9eecaa5255ea5e9817132d4001724d6ae1