diff --git a/extensions/git/src/api/api1.ts b/extensions/git/src/api/api1.ts
index 5d3f3c45386..f049939c137 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/api/api1.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/api/api1.ts
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ export class ApiRepository implements Repository {
 		return this.repository.getRefs(query, cancellationToken);
 	}
 
+	checkIgnore(paths: string[]): Promise<Set<string>> {
+		return this.repository.checkIgnore(paths);
+	}
+
 	getMergeBase(ref1: string, ref2: string): Promise<string | undefined> {
 		return this.repository.getMergeBase(ref1, ref2);
 	}
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/api/git.d.ts b/extensions/git/src/api/git.d.ts
index d6d2166e00b..685b5413947 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/api/git.d.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/api/git.d.ts
@@ -235,6 +235,8 @@ export interface Repository {
 	getBranchBase(name: string): Promise<Branch | undefined>;
 	setBranchUpstream(name: string, upstream: string): Promise<void>;
 
+	checkIgnore(paths: string[]): Promise<Set<string>>;
+
 	getRefs(query: RefQuery, cancellationToken?: CancellationToken): Promise<Ref[]>;
 
 	getMergeBase(ref1: string, ref2: string): Promise<string | undefined>;
diff --git a/extensions/git/src/repository.ts b/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
index 4cfd44bb4f8..ed959765a59 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/repository.ts
@@ -3,27 +3,27 @@
  *  Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
+import TelemetryReporter from '@vscode/extension-telemetry';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as picomatch from 'picomatch';
-import { CancellationToken, Command, Disposable, Event, EventEmitter, Memento, ProgressLocation, ProgressOptions, scm, SourceControl, SourceControlInputBox, SourceControlInputBoxValidation, SourceControlInputBoxValidationType, SourceControlResourceDecorations, SourceControlResourceGroup, SourceControlResourceState, ThemeColor, Uri, window, workspace, WorkspaceEdit, FileDecoration, commands, TabInputTextDiff, TabInputNotebookDiff, TabInputTextMultiDiff, RelativePattern, CancellationTokenSource, LogOutputChannel, LogLevel, CancellationError, l10n } from 'vscode';
-import TelemetryReporter from '@vscode/extension-telemetry';
-import { Branch, Change, ForcePushMode, GitErrorCodes, LogOptions, Ref, Remote, Status, CommitOptions, BranchQuery, FetchOptions, RefQuery, RefType } from './api/git';
+import { CancellationError, CancellationToken, CancellationTokenSource, Command, commands, Disposable, Event, EventEmitter, FileDecoration, l10n, LogLevel, LogOutputChannel, Memento, ProgressLocation, ProgressOptions, RelativePattern, scm, SourceControl, SourceControlInputBox, SourceControlInputBoxValidation, SourceControlInputBoxValidationType, SourceControlResourceDecorations, SourceControlResourceGroup, SourceControlResourceState, TabInputNotebookDiff, TabInputTextDiff, TabInputTextMultiDiff, ThemeColor, Uri, window, workspace, WorkspaceEdit } from 'vscode';
+import { ActionButton } from './actionButton';
+import { ApiRepository } from './api/api1';
+import { Branch, BranchQuery, Change, CommitOptions, FetchOptions, ForcePushMode, GitErrorCodes, LogOptions, Ref, RefQuery, RefType, Remote, Status } from './api/git';
 import { AutoFetcher } from './autofetch';
+import { GitBranchProtectionProvider, IBranchProtectionProviderRegistry } from './branchProtection';
 import { debounce, memoize, throttle } from './decorators';
-import { Commit, GitError, Repository as BaseRepository, Stash, Submodule, LogFileOptions, PullOptions, LsTreeElement } from './git';
+import { Repository as BaseRepository, Commit, GitError, LogFileOptions, LsTreeElement, PullOptions, Stash, Submodule } from './git';
+import { GitHistoryProvider } from './historyProvider';
+import { Operation, OperationKind, OperationManager, OperationResult } from './operation';
+import { CommitCommandsCenter, IPostCommitCommandsProviderRegistry } from './postCommitCommands';
+import { IPushErrorHandlerRegistry } from './pushError';
+import { IRemoteSourcePublisherRegistry } from './remotePublisher';
 import { StatusBarCommands } from './statusbar';
 import { toGitUri } from './uri';
 import { anyEvent, combinedDisposable, debounceEvent, dispose, EmptyDisposable, eventToPromise, filterEvent, find, IDisposable, isDescendant, onceEvent, pathEquals, relativePath } from './util';
 import { IFileWatcher, watch } from './watch';
-import { IPushErrorHandlerRegistry } from './pushError';
-import { ApiRepository } from './api/api1';
-import { IRemoteSourcePublisherRegistry } from './remotePublisher';
-import { ActionButton } from './actionButton';
-import { IPostCommitCommandsProviderRegistry, CommitCommandsCenter } from './postCommitCommands';
-import { Operation, OperationKind, OperationManager, OperationResult } from './operation';
-import { GitBranchProtectionProvider, IBranchProtectionProviderRegistry } from './branchProtection';
-import { GitHistoryProvider } from './historyProvider';
 
 const timeout = (millis: number) => new Promise(c => setTimeout(c, millis));