diff --git a/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj_runner.go b/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj_runner.go
index 2a1e52884..01d07a7ee 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj_runner.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj_runner.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"io"
+	"os/exec"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-errors/errors"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/gocui"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils"
+	"github.com/sasha-s/go-deadlock"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
@@ -236,7 +238,7 @@ func (self *cmdObjRunner) runAndStreamAux(
 	var stderr bytes.Buffer
 	cmd.Stderr = io.MultiWriter(cmdWriter, &stderr)
 
-	handler, err := self.getCmdHandler(cmd)
+	handler, err := self.getCmdHandlerPty(cmd)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -410,3 +412,38 @@ func (self *cmdObjRunner) getCheckForCredentialRequestFunc() func([]byte) (Crede
 		return 0, false
 	}
 }
+
+type Buffer struct {
+	b bytes.Buffer
+	m deadlock.Mutex
+}
+
+func (b *Buffer) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	b.m.Lock()
+	defer b.m.Unlock()
+	return b.b.Read(p)
+}
+
+func (b *Buffer) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	b.m.Lock()
+	defer b.m.Unlock()
+	return b.b.Write(p)
+}
+
+func (self *cmdObjRunner) getCmdHandlerNonPty(cmd *exec.Cmd) (*cmdHandler, error) {
+	stdoutReader, stdoutWriter := io.Pipe()
+	cmd.Stdout = stdoutWriter
+
+	buf := &Buffer{}
+	cmd.Stdin = buf
+
+	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return &cmdHandler{
+		stdoutPipe: stdoutReader,
+		stdinPipe:  buf,
+		close:      func() error { return nil },
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj_runner_default.go b/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj_runner_default.go
index 567dcf970..891b4c4ee 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj_runner_default.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj_runner_default.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 // we define this separately for windows and non-windows given that windows does
 // not have great PTY support and we need a PTY to handle a credential request
-func (self *cmdObjRunner) getCmdHandler(cmd *exec.Cmd) (*cmdHandler, error) {
+func (self *cmdObjRunner) getCmdHandlerPty(cmd *exec.Cmd) (*cmdHandler, error) {
 	ptmx, err := pty.Start(cmd)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj_runner_win.go b/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj_runner_win.go
index 6893a2535..2189da2e6 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj_runner_win.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/oscommands/cmd_obj_runner_win.go
@@ -4,48 +4,10 @@
 package oscommands
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
-	"io"
 	"os/exec"
-
-	"github.com/sasha-s/go-deadlock"
 )
 
-type Buffer struct {
-	b bytes.Buffer
-	m deadlock.Mutex
-}
-
-func (b *Buffer) Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
-	b.m.Lock()
-	defer b.m.Unlock()
-	return b.b.Read(p)
-}
-
-func (b *Buffer) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
-	b.m.Lock()
-	defer b.m.Unlock()
-	return b.b.Write(p)
-}
-
-// TODO: Remove this hack and replace it with a proper way to run commands live on windows. We still have an issue where if a password is requested, the request for a password is written straight to stdout because we can't control the stdout of a subprocess of a subprocess. Keep an eye on https://github.com/creack/pty/pull/109
-func (self *cmdObjRunner) getCmdHandler(cmd *exec.Cmd) (*cmdHandler, error) {
-	stdoutReader, stdoutWriter := io.Pipe()
-	cmd.Stdout = stdoutWriter
-
-	buf := &Buffer{}
-	cmd.Stdin = buf
-
-	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	// because we don't yet have windows support for a pty, we instead just
-	// pass our standard stream handlers and because there's no pty to close
-	// we pass a no-op function for that.
-	return &cmdHandler{
-		stdoutPipe: stdoutReader,
-		stdinPipe:  buf,
-		close:      func() error { return nil },
-	}, nil
+func (self *cmdObjRunner) getCmdHandlerPty(cmd *exec.Cmd) (*cmdHandler, error) {
+	// We don't have PTY support on Windows yet, so we just return a non-PTY handler.
+	return self.getCmdHandlerNonPty(cmd)
 }