diff --git a/src/Models/Branch.cs b/src/Models/Branch.cs
index 7146da3f..350bc5b5 100644
--- a/src/Models/Branch.cs
+++ b/src/Models/Branch.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 
 namespace SourceGit.Models
 {
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ namespace SourceGit.Models
         CommitterDate,
     }
 
-    public class Branch
+    public partial class Branch
     {
         public string Name { get; set; }
         public string FullName { get; set; }
@@ -44,5 +45,13 @@ namespace SourceGit.Models
         public bool IsUpstreamGone { get; set; }
 
         public string FriendlyName => IsLocal ? Name : $"{Remote}/{Name}";
+
+        [GeneratedRegex(@"\s+")]
+        private static partial Regex REG_FIX_NAME();
+
+        public static string FixName(string name)
+        {
+            return REG_FIX_NAME().Replace(name, "-");
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ViewModels/CreateBranch.cs b/src/ViewModels/CreateBranch.cs
index 347997d4..5b930f68 100644
--- a/src/ViewModels/CreateBranch.cs
+++ b/src/ViewModels/CreateBranch.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 using System;
 using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
-using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
@@ -102,10 +101,10 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
             {
                 if (!creator._allowOverwrite)
                 {
-                    var fixedName = FixName(name);
+                    var fixedName = Models.Branch.FixName(name);
                     foreach (var b in creator._repo.Branches)
                     {
-                        if (b.FriendlyName == fixedName)
+                        if (b.FriendlyName.Equals(fixedName, StringComparison.Ordinal))
                             return new ValidationResult("A branch with same name already exists!");
                     }
                 }
@@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
         {
             _repo.SetWatcherEnabled(false);
 
-            var fixedName = FixName(_name);
+            var fixedName = Models.Branch.FixName(_name);
             var log = _repo.CreateLog($"Create Branch '{fixedName}'");
             Use(log);
 
@@ -228,14 +227,6 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
             return true;
         }
 
-        [GeneratedRegex(@"\s+")]
-        private static partial Regex REG_FIX_NAME();
-
-        private static string FixName(string name)
-        {
-            return REG_FIX_NAME().Replace(name, "-");
-        }
-
         private readonly Repository _repo = null;
         private string _name = null;
         private readonly string _baseOnRevision = null;
diff --git a/src/ViewModels/RenameBranch.cs b/src/ViewModels/RenameBranch.cs
index 33ed378a..e3e558a4 100644
--- a/src/ViewModels/RenameBranch.cs
+++ b/src/ViewModels/RenameBranch.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 using System;
 using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
-using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
 namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
@@ -32,10 +31,10 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
         {
             if (ctx.ObjectInstance is RenameBranch rename)
             {
-                var fixedName = FixName(name);
+                var fixedName = Models.Branch.FixName(name);
                 foreach (var b in rename._repo.Branches)
                 {
-                    if (b.IsLocal && b != rename.Target && b.Name == fixedName)
+                    if (b.IsLocal && b != rename.Target && b.Name.Equals(fixedName, StringComparison.Ordinal))
                     {
                         return new ValidationResult("A branch with same name already exists!!!");
                     }
@@ -47,8 +46,8 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
 
         public override async Task<bool> Sure()
         {
-            var fixedName = FixName(_name);
-            if (fixedName == Target.Name)
+            var fixedName = Models.Branch.FixName(_name);
+            if (fixedName.Equals(Target.Name, StringComparison.Ordinal))
                 return true;
 
             _repo.SetWatcherEnabled(false);
@@ -59,9 +58,8 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
 
             var isCurrent = Target.IsCurrent;
             var oldName = Target.FullName;
-            var succ = await Commands.Branch
-                .RenameAsync(_repo.FullPath, Target.Name, fixedName, log);
 
+            var succ = await Commands.Branch.RenameAsync(_repo.FullPath, Target.Name, fixedName, log);
             if (succ)
             {
                 foreach (var filter in _repo.Settings.HistoriesFilters)
@@ -88,14 +86,6 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
             return succ;
         }
 
-        [GeneratedRegex(@"\s+")]
-        private static partial Regex REG_FIX_NAME();
-
-        private static string FixName(string name)
-        {
-            return REG_FIX_NAME().Replace(name, "-");
-        }
-
         private readonly Repository _repo;
         private string _name;
     }