diff --git a/src/Models/Watcher.cs b/src/Models/Watcher.cs
index 67920219..84374472 100644
--- a/src/Models/Watcher.cs
+++ b/src/Models/Watcher.cs
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ namespace SourceGit.Models
         public void MarkBranchUpdated()
         {
             Interlocked.Exchange(ref _updateBranch, 0);
+            Interlocked.Exchange(ref _updateWC, 0);
         }
 
         public void MarkTagUpdated()
diff --git a/src/ViewModels/WorkingCopy.cs b/src/ViewModels/WorkingCopy.cs
index 78d069d0..5b54a8dd 100644
--- a/src/ViewModels/WorkingCopy.cs
+++ b/src/ViewModels/WorkingCopy.cs
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ namespace SourceGit.ViewModels
             {
                 var o = old[idx];
                 var c = cur[idx];
-                if (o.Path != c.Path || o.Index != c.Index || o.WorkTree != c.WorkTree)
+                if (o.Path.Equals(c.Path, StringComparison.Ordinal) || o.Index != c.Index || o.WorkTree != c.WorkTree)
                     return true;
             }