diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/git/diff b/sys/src/cmd/git/diff
index 075ea3ee9..64206c4a7 100644
--- a/sys/src/cmd/git/diff
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/git/diff
@@ -26,12 +26,16 @@ fn lsdirty {
 		git/query -c $commit HEAD | subst '^..'
 }
 
+mntgen /mnt/scratch
+bind $branch/tree/ /mnt/scratch/a
+bind . /mnt/scratch/b
+echo diff `{git/query $commit} uncommitted
 for(f in `$nl{lsdirty | sort | uniq}){
-	orig=$branch/tree/$f
-	if(! test -f $orig)
+	cd /mnt/scratch
+	if(! test -f a/$f)
 		orig=/dev/null
-	if(! test -f $f)
+	if(! test -f b/$f)
 		f=/dev/null
-	diff -u $orig $f
+	diff -u a/$f b/$f
 }
 exit ''
diff --git a/sys/src/cmd/git/import b/sys/src/cmd/git/import
index c89d52d6b..1ce614a20 100755
--- a/sys/src/cmd/git/import
+++ b/sys/src/cmd/git/import
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ fn apply @{
 		state="body"
 		next
 	}
-	(state=="headers" || state=="body") && (/^diff/ || /^---[ 	]*$/){
+	(state=="headers" || state=="body") && (/^diff / || /^--- /){
 		state="diff"
 	}
 	state=="body" {