diff --git a/pkg/commands/git.go b/pkg/commands/git.go
index 9b4fbd544..deb3c43e4 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git.go
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) Ignore(filename string) error {
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) ShowCmdStr(sha string) string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf("git show --color --no-renames %s", sha)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("git show --color --no-renames --stat -p %s", sha)
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) GetBranchGraphCmdStr(branchName string) string {
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ func (c *GitCommand) DiffCmdStr(file *File, plain bool, cached bool) string {
 		colorArg = ""
 	}
 
-	return fmt.Sprintf("git diff %s %s %s %s", colorArg, cachedArg, trackedArg, fileName)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("git diff --stat -p %s %s %s %s", colorArg, cachedArg, trackedArg, fileName)
 }
 
 func (c *GitCommand) ApplyPatch(patch string, flags ...string) error {
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_test.go b/pkg/commands/git_test.go
index 3c90cc49a..02ed6839b 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_test.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_test.go
@@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ func TestGitCommandDiff(t *testing.T) {
 			"Default case",
 			func(cmd string, args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
 				assert.EqualValues(t, "git", cmd)
-				assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"diff", "--color", "--", "test.txt"}, args)
+				assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"diff", "--stat", "-p", "--color", "--", "test.txt"}, args)
 
 				return exec.Command("echo")
 			},
@@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@ func TestGitCommandDiff(t *testing.T) {
 			"cached",
 			func(cmd string, args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
 				assert.EqualValues(t, "git", cmd)
-				assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"diff", "--color", "--cached", "--", "test.txt"}, args)
+				assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"diff", "--stat", "-p", "--color", "--cached", "--", "test.txt"}, args)
 
 				return exec.Command("echo")
 			},
@@ -1505,7 +1505,7 @@ func TestGitCommandDiff(t *testing.T) {
 			"plain",
 			func(cmd string, args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
 				assert.EqualValues(t, "git", cmd)
-				assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"diff", "--", "test.txt"}, args)
+				assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"diff", "--stat", "-p", "--", "test.txt"}, args)
 
 				return exec.Command("echo")
 			},
@@ -1521,7 +1521,7 @@ func TestGitCommandDiff(t *testing.T) {
 			"File not tracked and file has no staged changes",
 			func(cmd string, args ...string) *exec.Cmd {
 				assert.EqualValues(t, "git", cmd)
-				assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"diff", "--color", "--no-index", "/dev/null", "test.txt"}, args)
+				assert.EqualValues(t, []string{"diff", "--stat", "-p", "--color", "--no-index", "/dev/null", "test.txt"}, args)
 
 				return exec.Command("echo")
 			},