diff --git a/src/app/FakeLib/Git/FileStatus.fs b/src/app/FakeLib/Git/FileStatus.fs
index afe5462ee02..c521cab4d25 100644
--- a/src/app/FakeLib/Git/FileStatus.fs
+++ b/src/app/FakeLib/Git/FileStatus.fs
@@ -9,17 +9,23 @@ open System.IO
 /// A type which represents a file status in git.
 type FileStatus =
 | Added
-| Modified
+| Copied
 | Deleted
+| Modified
+| Renamed
+| TypeChange
     with 
-        static member Parse = function      
+        static member Parse = function
           | "A" -> Added
-          | "M" -> Modified
+          | c when c.StartsWith "C" -> Copied
           | "D" -> Deleted
+          | m when m.StartsWith "M" -> Modified
+          | r when r.StartsWith "R" -> Renamed
+          | "T" -> TypeChange
           | s -> failwithf "Unknown file status %s" s
  
 /// Gets the changed files between the given revisions
-let getChangedFiles repositoryDir revision1 revision2 =    
+let getChangedFiles repositoryDir revision1 revision2 =
     checkRevisionExists repositoryDir revision1
     if revision2 <> "" then
         checkRevisionExists repositoryDir revision2
diff --git a/src/test/Test.Git/FileStatusSpecs.cs b/src/test/Test.Git/FileStatusSpecs.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a0a743ec054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/Test.Git/FileStatusSpecs.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+using Machine.Specifications;
+using static Fake.Git.FileStatus;
+
+namespace Test.Git
+{
+    public class when_getting_file_status
+    {
+        It should_be_able_to_get_modified_files =
+            () => FileStatus
+                .Parse.Invoke("M")
+                .ShouldEqual(FileStatus.Modified);
+
+        It should_be_able_to_get_rewritten_files =
+            () => FileStatus
+                .Parse.Invoke("M42")
+                .ShouldEqual(FileStatus.Modified);
+
+        It should_be_able_to_get_renamed_files =
+            () => FileStatus
+                .Parse.Invoke("R100")
+                .ShouldEqual(FileStatus.Renamed);
+
+        It should_be_able_to_get_probably_renamed_files =
+            () => FileStatus
+                .Parse.Invoke("R75")
+                .ShouldEqual(FileStatus.Renamed);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/Test.Git/Test.Git.csproj b/src/test/Test.Git/Test.Git.csproj
index c2f13d716d2..1140814fb62 100644
--- a/src/test/Test.Git/Test.Git.csproj
+++ b/src/test/Test.Git/Test.Git.csproj
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="FileStatusSpecs.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Sha1Specs.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="GitInformationSpec.cs" />