diff --git a/src/commands/openInRemote.ts b/src/commands/openInRemote.ts
index 4b78cbb..d99ffc0 100644
--- a/src/commands/openInRemote.ts
+++ b/src/commands/openInRemote.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { Strings } from '../system';
 import { TextEditor, Uri, window } from 'vscode';
 import { ActiveEditorCommand, Commands, getCommandUri } from './common';
 import { GlyphChars } from '../constants';
-import { GitLogCommit, GitRemote, RemoteResource } from '../gitService';
+import { GitLogCommit, GitRemote, GitService, RemoteResource } from '../gitService';
 import { Logger } from '../logger';
 import { CommandQuickPickItem, OpenRemoteCommandQuickPickItem, RemotesQuickPick } from '../quickPicks';
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export class OpenInRemoteCommand extends ActiveEditorCommand {
                     break;
 
                 case 'commit':
-                    const shortSha = args.resource.sha.substring(0, 8);
+                    const shortSha = GitService.shortenSha(args.resource.sha);
                     placeHolder = `open commit ${shortSha} in${GlyphChars.Ellipsis}`;
                     break;
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export class OpenInRemoteCommand extends ActiveEditorCommand {
                         }
                     }
                     else {
-                        const shortFileSha = args.resource.sha === undefined ? '' : args.resource.sha.substring(0, 8);
+                        const shortFileSha = args.resource.sha === undefined ? '' : GitService.shortenSha(args.resource.sha);
                         const shaSuffix = shortFileSha ? ` ${Strings.pad(GlyphChars.Dot, 1, 1)} ${shortFileSha}` : '';
 
                         placeHolder = `open ${args.resource.fileName}${shaSuffix} in${GlyphChars.Ellipsis}`;
diff --git a/src/commands/showQuickCommitFileDetails.ts b/src/commands/showQuickCommitFileDetails.ts
index cd05583..f55aa9b 100644
--- a/src/commands/showQuickCommitFileDetails.ts
+++ b/src/commands/showQuickCommitFileDetails.ts
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ export class ShowQuickCommitFileDetailsCommand extends ActiveEditorCachedCommand
             args.commit.workingFileName = workingFileName;
             args.commit.workingFileName = await this.git.findWorkingFileName(args.commit);
 
-            const shortSha = args.sha!.substring(0, 8);
+            const shortSha = GitService.shortenSha(args.sha!);
 
             if (args.goBackCommand === undefined) {
                 // Create a command to get back to the commit details
diff --git a/src/git/git.ts b/src/git/git.ts
index a79fa9d..e699ef9 100644
--- a/src/git/git.ts
+++ b/src/git/git.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export class Git {
     static async getVersionedFile(repoPath: string | undefined, fileName: string, branchOrSha: string) {
         const data = await Git.show(repoPath, fileName, branchOrSha, 'binary');
 
-        const suffix = Git.isSha(branchOrSha) ? branchOrSha.substring(0, 8) : branchOrSha;
+        const suffix = Git.isSha(branchOrSha) ? Git.shortenSha(branchOrSha) : branchOrSha;
         const ext = path.extname(fileName);
         return new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
             tmp.file({ prefix: `${path.basename(fileName, ext)}-${suffix}__`, postfix: ext },
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ export class Git {
         return fileName && fileName.replace(/\\/g, '/');
     }
 
+    static shortenSha(sha: string) {
+        return sha.substring(0, 8);
+    }
+
     static splitPath(fileName: string, repoPath: string | undefined, extract: boolean = true): [string, string] {
         if (repoPath) {
             fileName = this.normalizePath(fileName);
diff --git a/src/git/gitUri.ts b/src/git/gitUri.ts
index 80e23b6..4cd964c 100644
--- a/src/git/gitUri.ts
+++ b/src/git/gitUri.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export class GitUri extends Uri {
     }
 
     get shortSha() {
-        return this.sha && this.sha.substring(0, 8);
+        return this.sha && GitService.shortenSha(this.sha);
     }
 
     fileUri() {
diff --git a/src/git/models/commit.ts b/src/git/models/commit.ts
index cbd106b..5c4b93b 100644
--- a/src/git/models/commit.ts
+++ b/src/git/models/commit.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ export class GitCommit {
     }
 
     get shortSha() {
-        return this.sha.substring(0, 8);
+        return Git.shortenSha(this.sha);
     }
 
     get isUncommitted(): boolean {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export class GitCommit {
     }
 
     get previousShortSha() {
-        return this.previousSha && this.previousSha.substring(0, 8);
+        return this.previousSha && Git.shortenSha(this.previousSha);
     }
 
     get previousUri(): Uri {
diff --git a/src/git/models/logCommit.ts b/src/git/models/logCommit.ts
index 86779e7..a141012 100644
--- a/src/git/models/logCommit.ts
+++ b/src/git/models/logCommit.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 import { Uri } from 'vscode';
 import { GitCommit, GitCommitType } from './commit';
+import { Git } from '../git';
 import { GitStatusFileStatus, IGitStatusFile } from './status';
 import * as path from 'path';
 
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ export class GitLogCommit extends GitCommit {
     }
 
     get nextShortSha() {
-        return this.nextSha && this.nextSha.substring(0, 8);
+        return this.nextSha && Git.shortenSha(this.nextSha);
     }
 
     get nextUri(): Uri {
diff --git a/src/gitContentProvider.ts b/src/gitContentProvider.ts
index 1853f87..4683b8b 100644
--- a/src/gitContentProvider.ts
+++ b/src/gitContentProvider.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export class GitContentProvider implements TextDocumentContentProvider {
         }
         catch (ex) {
             Logger.error(ex, 'GitContentProvider', 'getVersionedFileText');
-            window.showErrorMessage(`Unable to show Git revision ${data.sha.substring(0, 8)} of '${path.relative(data.repoPath, fileName)}'`);
+            window.showErrorMessage(`Unable to show Git revision ${GitService.shortenSha(data.sha)} of '${path.relative(data.repoPath, fileName)}'`);
             return undefined;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/gitService.ts b/src/gitService.ts
index be8ec58..8d77d81 100644
--- a/src/gitService.ts
+++ b/src/gitService.ts
@@ -1061,6 +1061,10 @@ export class GitService extends Disposable {
         return Git.normalizePath(fileName, repoPath);
     }
 
+    static shortenSha(sha: string) {
+        return Git.shortenSha(sha);
+    }
+
     static toGitContentUri(sha: string, shortSha: string, fileName: string, repoPath: string, originalFileName?: string): Uri;
     static toGitContentUri(commit: GitCommit): Uri;
     static toGitContentUri(uri: GitUri): Uri;
diff --git a/src/quickPicks/remotes.ts b/src/quickPicks/remotes.ts
index a405bd1..73f7f9a 100644
--- a/src/quickPicks/remotes.ts
+++ b/src/quickPicks/remotes.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { QuickPickOptions, window } from 'vscode';
 import { Commands, OpenInRemoteCommandArgs } from '../commands';
 import { CommandQuickPickItem, getQuickPickIgnoreFocusOut } from './common';
 import { GlyphChars } from '../constants';
-import { getNameFromRemoteResource, GitLogCommit, GitRemote, RemoteResource } from '../gitService';
+import { getNameFromRemoteResource, GitLogCommit, GitRemote, GitService, RemoteResource } from '../gitService';
 import * as path from 'path';
 
 export class OpenRemoteCommandQuickPickItem extends CommandQuickPickItem {
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export class OpenRemotesCommandQuickPickItem extends CommandQuickPickItem {
                 break;
 
             case 'commit':
-                const shortSha = resource.sha.substring(0, 8);
+                const shortSha = GitService.shortenSha(resource.sha);
                 description = `$(git-commit) ${shortSha}`;
                 break;
 
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ export class OpenRemotesCommandQuickPickItem extends CommandQuickPickItem {
                     }
                 }
                 else {
-                    const shortFileSha = resource.sha === undefined ? '' : resource.sha.substring(0, 8);
+                    const shortFileSha = resource.sha === undefined ? '' : GitService.shortenSha(resource.sha);
                     description = `$(file-text) ${path.basename(resource.fileName)}${shortFileSha ? ` in ${GlyphChars.Space}$(git-commit) ${shortFileSha}` : ''}`;
                 }
                 break;
diff --git a/src/quickPicks/repoStatus.ts b/src/quickPicks/repoStatus.ts
index 33e0e35..b856bf5 100644
--- a/src/quickPicks/repoStatus.ts
+++ b/src/quickPicks/repoStatus.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { commands, QuickPickOptions, TextDocumentShowOptions, Uri, window } from
 import { Commands, DiffWithWorkingCommandArgs, OpenChangedFilesCommandArgs, ShowQuickBranchHistoryCommandArgs, ShowQuickRepoStatusCommandArgs, ShowQuickStashListCommandArgs } from '../commands';
 import { CommandQuickPickItem, getQuickPickIgnoreFocusOut, OpenFileCommandQuickPickItem, QuickPickItem } from './common';
 import { GlyphChars } from '../constants';
-import { GitStatus, GitStatusFile, GitUri } from '../gitService';
+import { GitService, GitStatus, GitStatusFile, GitUri } from '../gitService';
 import { Keyboard, Keys } from '../keyboard';
 import * as path from 'path';
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ export class RepoStatusQuickPick {
         if (status.upstream && status.state.behind) {
             items.splice(0, 0, new CommandQuickPickItem({
                 label: `$(cloud-download)${GlyphChars.Space} ${status.state.behind} Commit${status.state.behind > 1 ? 's' : ''} behind ${GlyphChars.Space}$(git-branch) ${status.upstream}`,
-                description: `${Strings.pad(GlyphChars.Dash, 2, 3)} shows commits in ${GlyphChars.Space}$(git-branch) ${status.upstream} but not ${GlyphChars.Space}$(git-branch) ${status.branch}${status.sha ? ` (since ${GlyphChars.Space}$(git-commit) ${status.sha.substring(0, 8)})` : ''}`
+                description: `${Strings.pad(GlyphChars.Dash, 2, 3)} shows commits in ${GlyphChars.Space}$(git-branch) ${status.upstream} but not ${GlyphChars.Space}$(git-branch) ${status.branch}${status.sha ? ` (since ${GlyphChars.Space}$(git-commit) ${GitService.shortenSha(status.sha)})` : ''}`
             }, Commands.ShowQuickBranchHistory, [
                     new GitUri(Uri.file(status.repoPath), { fileName: '', repoPath: status.repoPath, sha: `${status.branch}..${status.upstream}` }),
                     {