diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/GitUtil.java b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/GitUtil.java
index 5062d84973e3..1a075f654667 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/GitUtil.java
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/GitUtil.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+// Copyright 2000-2019 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 package git4idea;
 
 import com.intellij.dvcs.DvcsUtil;
@@ -809,6 +809,7 @@ public class GitUtil {
   public static boolean hasLocalChanges(boolean staged, Project project, VirtualFile root) throws VcsException {
     GitLineHandler diff = new GitLineHandler(project, root, GitCommand.DIFF);
     diff.addParameters("--name-only");
+    diff.addParameters("--no-renames");
     if (staged) {
       diff.addParameters("--cached");
     }