diff --git a/src/commands/diffWith.ts b/src/commands/diffWith.ts
index ac1b59b..3b04033 100644
--- a/src/commands/diffWith.ts
+++ b/src/commands/diffWith.ts
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ export class DiffWithCommand extends Command {
 			let rhsSha = args.rhs.sha;
 
 			[args.lhs.sha, args.rhs.sha] = await Promise.all([
-				await Container.git.resolveReference(args.repoPath, args.lhs.sha, args.lhs.uri),
-				await Container.git.resolveReference(args.repoPath, args.rhs.sha, args.rhs.uri),
+				await Container.git.resolveReference(args.repoPath, args.lhs.sha, args.lhs.uri, { timeout: 100 }),
+				await Container.git.resolveReference(args.repoPath, args.rhs.sha, args.rhs.uri, { timeout: 100 }),
 			]);
 
 			if (args.lhs.sha !== GitRevision.deletedOrMissing) {
diff --git a/src/git/git.ts b/src/git/git.ts
index f56609f..f1a4ab1 100644
--- a/src/git/git.ts
+++ b/src/git/git.ts
@@ -823,15 +823,13 @@ export namespace Git {
 		return data.length === 0 ? undefined : data.trim();
 	}
 
-	export async function log__find_object(repoPath: string, objectId: string, ref: string) {
-		const data = await git<string>(
-			{ cwd: repoPath, errors: GitErrorHandling.Ignore },
-			'log',
-			'-n1',
-			'--format=%H',
-			`--find-object=${objectId}`,
-			ref,
-		);
+	export async function log__find_object(repoPath: string, objectId: string, ref: string, file?: string) {
+		const params = ['log', '-n1', '--no-renames', '--format=%H', `--find-object=${objectId}`, ref];
+		if (file) {
+			params.push('--', file);
+		}
+
+		const data = await git<string>({ cwd: repoPath, errors: GitErrorHandling.Ignore }, ...params);
 		return data.length === 0 ? undefined : data.trim();
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/git/gitService.ts b/src/git/gitService.ts
index 15d1002..9d5c4c3 100644
--- a/src/git/gitService.ts
+++ b/src/git/gitService.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { Messages } from '../messages';
 import {
 	Arrays,
 	debug,
+	Functions,
 	gate,
 	Iterables,
 	log,
@@ -3155,10 +3156,20 @@ export class GitService implements Disposable {
 		return Git.difftool__dir_diff(repoPath, tool, ref1, ref2);
 	}
 
-	async resolveReference(repoPath: string, ref: string, fileName?: string): Promise<string>;
-	async resolveReference(repoPath: string, ref: string, uri?: Uri): Promise<string>;
+	async resolveReference(
+		repoPath: string,
+		ref: string,
+		fileName?: string,
+		options?: { timeout?: number },
+	): Promise<string>;
+	async resolveReference(repoPath: string, ref: string, uri?: Uri, options?: { timeout?: number }): Promise<string>;
 	@log()
-	async resolveReference(repoPath: string, ref: string, fileNameOrUri?: string | Uri) {
+	async resolveReference(
+		repoPath: string,
+		ref: string,
+		fileNameOrUri?: string | Uri,
+		options?: { timeout?: number },
+	) {
 		if (ref == null || ref.length === 0 || ref === GitRevision.deletedOrMissing || GitRevision.isUncommitted(ref)) {
 			return ref;
 		}
@@ -3177,7 +3188,12 @@ export class GitService implements Disposable {
 		const blob = await Git.rev_parse__verify(repoPath, ref, fileName);
 		if (blob == null) return GitRevision.deletedOrMissing;
 
-		return (await Git.log__find_object(repoPath, blob, ref)) ?? ref;
+		let promise: Promise<string | void | undefined> = Git.log__find_object(repoPath, blob, ref, fileName);
+		if (options?.timeout != null) {
+			promise = Promise.race([promise, Functions.wait(options.timeout)]);
+		}
+
+		return (await promise) ?? ref;
 	}
 
 	@log()