diff --git a/lib/colorls/core.rb b/lib/colorls/core.rb
index 6538c06..67314b5 100644
--- a/lib/colorls/core.rb
+++ b/lib/colorls/core.rb
@@ -227,32 +227,21 @@ module ColorLS
     end
 
     def process_git_status_details(git_status)
-      @git_status = nil
-
-      return unless git_status
-
-      @git_root_path = IO.popen(['git', '-C', @input, 'rev-parse', '--show-toplevel'], err: :close, &:gets)
-
-      return false unless $CHILD_STATUS.success?
-
-      @git_status = Git.status(@git_root_path.chomp!)
+      @git_status = case
+                    when !git_status then nil
+                    when File.directory?(@input) then Git.status(@input)
+                    else Git.status(File.dirname(@input))
+                    end
     end
 
-    def git_info(path, content)
+    def git_info(content)
       return '' unless @git_status
 
-      real_path = File.realdirpath(content.name, path)
-
-      return '    ' unless real_path.start_with? path
-
-      relative_path = real_path.remove(Regexp.new('^' + Regexp.escape(@git_root_path) + '/?'))
-
       if content.directory?
-        git_dir_info(relative_path)
+        git_dir_info(content.name)
       else
-        git_file_info(relative_path)
+        git_file_info(content.name)
       end
-      # puts "\n\n"
     end
 
     def git_file_info(path)
@@ -304,7 +293,7 @@ module ColorLS
 
       [
         long_info(content),
-        " #{git_info(path,content)} ",
+        " #{git_info(content)} ",
         logo.colorize(color),
         "  #{name.colorize(color)}#{slash?(content)}#{symlink_info(content)}"
       ].join
diff --git a/lib/colorls/git.rb b/lib/colorls/git.rb
index 0e8f05a..8d5fd97 100644
--- a/lib/colorls/git.rb
+++ b/lib/colorls/git.rb
@@ -3,13 +3,18 @@
 module ColorLS
   module Git
     def self.status(repo_path)
+      prefix = IO.popen(['git', '-C', repo_path, 'rev-parse', '--show-prefix'], err: :close, &:gets)
+
+      return unless $CHILD_STATUS.success?
+
+      prefix.chomp!
       git_status = {}
 
-      IO.popen(['git', '-C', repo_path, 'status', '--porcelain', '-z', '-unormal', '--ignored']) do |output|
+      IO.popen(['git', '-C', repo_path, 'status', '--porcelain', '-z', '-unormal', '--ignored', '.']) do |output|
         while (status_line = output.gets "\x0")
           mode, file = status_line.chomp("\x0").split(' ', 2)
 
-          git_status[file] = mode
+          git_status[file.delete_prefix(prefix)] = mode
 
           # skip the next \x0 separated original path for renames, issue #185
           output.gets("\x0") if mode.start_with? 'R'
diff --git a/lib/colorls/monkeys.rb b/lib/colorls/monkeys.rb
index 454478c..bf51783 100644
--- a/lib/colorls/monkeys.rb
+++ b/lib/colorls/monkeys.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,16 @@ class String
   def uniq
     split('').uniq.join
   end
+
+  unless instance_methods.include? :delete_prefix
+    define_method(:delete_prefix) do |prefix|
+      if start_with? prefix
+        slice(prefix.length..-1)
+      else
+        slice(0..length)
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
 
 class Hash
diff --git a/spec/color_ls/monkey_spec.rb b/spec/color_ls/monkey_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f5c6c35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/color_ls/monkey_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+
+RSpec.describe "String#delete_prefix" do
+  # back compat for Ruby < 2.5
+
+  it "returns a copy of the string, with the given prefix removed" do
+    expect('hello'.delete_prefix('hell')).to eq 'o'
+    expect('hello'.delete_prefix('hello')).to eq ''
+  end
+
+  it "returns a copy of the string, when the prefix isn't found" do
+    s = 'hello'
+    r = s.delete_prefix('hello!')
+    expect(r).not_to equal s
+    expect(r).to be == s
+    r = s.delete_prefix('ell')
+    expect(r).not_to equal s
+    expect(r).to be == s
+    r = s.delete_prefix('')
+    expect(r).not_to equal s
+    expect(r).to be == s
+  end
+
+end