diff --git a/src/commands/diffLineWithPrevious.ts b/src/commands/diffLineWithPrevious.ts
index 692356a..71e8c13 100644
--- a/src/commands/diffLineWithPrevious.ts
+++ b/src/commands/diffLineWithPrevious.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export class DiffLineWithPreviousCommand extends ActiveEditorCommand {
         const diffArgs: DiffWithCommandArgs = {
             repoPath: args.commit.repoPath,
             lhs: {
-                sha: args.commit.previousSha !== undefined ? args.commit.previousSha : GitService.fakeSha,
+                sha: args.commit.previousSha !== undefined ? args.commit.previousSha : GitService.deletedSha,
                 uri: args.commit.previousUri
             },
             rhs: {
diff --git a/src/commands/diffWith.ts b/src/commands/diffWith.ts
index acb474c..fc6cf52 100644
--- a/src/commands/diffWith.ts
+++ b/src/commands/diffWith.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ export class DiffWithCommand extends ActiveEditorCommand {
                     args = {
                         repoPath: commit1.repoPath,
                         lhs: {
-                            sha: commit1.previousSha !== undefined ? commit1.previousSha : GitService.fakeSha,
+                            sha: commit1.previousSha !== undefined ? commit1.previousSha : GitService.deletedSha,
                             uri: commit1.previousUri!
                         },
                         rhs: {
@@ -110,19 +110,19 @@ export class DiffWithCommand extends ActiveEditorCommand {
             if (rhs === undefined) {
                 rhsPrefix = 'deleted in ';
             }
-            else if (lhs === undefined || args.lhs.sha === GitService.fakeSha) {
+            else if (lhs === undefined || args.lhs.sha === GitService.deletedSha) {
                 rhsPrefix = 'added in ';
             }
 
-            if (args.lhs.title === undefined && lhs !== undefined && args.lhs.sha !== GitService.fakeSha) {
+            if (args.lhs.title === undefined && lhs !== undefined && args.lhs.sha !== GitService.deletedSha) {
                 args.lhs.title = (args.lhs.sha === '' || GitService.isUncommitted(args.lhs.sha))
                     ? `${path.basename(args.lhs.uri.fsPath)}`
                     : `${path.basename(args.lhs.uri.fsPath)} (${GitService.shortenSha(args.lhs.sha)})`;
             }
-            if (args.rhs.title === undefined && args.rhs.sha !== GitService.fakeSha) {
+            if (args.rhs.title === undefined && args.rhs.sha !== GitService.deletedSha) {
                 args.rhs.title = (args.rhs.sha === '' || GitService.isUncommitted(args.rhs.sha))
-                ? `${path.basename(args.rhs.uri.fsPath)}`
-                : `${path.basename(args.rhs.uri.fsPath)} (${rhsPrefix}${GitService.shortenSha(args.rhs.sha)})`;
+                    ? `${path.basename(args.rhs.uri.fsPath)}`
+                    : `${path.basename(args.rhs.uri.fsPath)} (${rhsPrefix}${GitService.shortenSha(args.rhs.sha)})`;
             }
 
             const title = (args.lhs.title !== undefined && args.rhs.title !== undefined)
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ export class DiffWithCommand extends ActiveEditorCommand {
 
             return await commands.executeCommand(BuiltInCommands.Diff,
                 lhs === undefined
-                    ? GitService.toGitContentUri(GitService.fakeSha, args.lhs.uri.fsPath, args.repoPath)
+                    ? GitService.toGitContentUri(GitService.deletedSha, args.lhs.uri.fsPath, args.repoPath)
                     : Uri.file(lhs),
                 rhs === undefined
-                    ? GitService.toGitContentUri(GitService.fakeSha, args.rhs.uri.fsPath, args.repoPath)
+                    ? GitService.toGitContentUri(GitService.deletedSha, args.rhs.uri.fsPath, args.repoPath)
                     : Uri.file(rhs),
                 title,
                 args.showOptions);
diff --git a/src/commands/diffWithPrevious.ts b/src/commands/diffWithPrevious.ts
index 87a626e..299e2fd 100644
--- a/src/commands/diffWithPrevious.ts
+++ b/src/commands/diffWithPrevious.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export class DiffWithPreviousCommand extends ActiveEditorCommand {
 
             try {
                 const sha = args.commit === undefined ? gitUri.sha : args.commit.sha;
-                if (sha === GitService.fakeSha) return Messages.showCommitHasNoPreviousCommitWarningMessage();
+                if (sha === GitService.deletedSha) return Messages.showCommitHasNoPreviousCommitWarningMessage();
 
                 const log = await this.git.getLogForFile(gitUri.repoPath, gitUri.fsPath, sha, { maxCount: 2, range: args.range!, skipMerges: true });
                 if (log === undefined) return Messages.showFileNotUnderSourceControlWarningMessage('Unable to open compare');
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ export class DiffWithPreviousCommand extends ActiveEditorCommand {
         const diffArgs: DiffWithCommandArgs = {
             repoPath: args.commit.repoPath,
             lhs: {
-                sha: args.commit.previousSha !== undefined ? args.commit.previousSha : GitService.fakeSha,
+                sha: args.commit.previousSha !== undefined ? args.commit.previousSha : GitService.deletedSha,
                 uri: args.commit.previousUri
             },
             rhs: {
diff --git a/src/gitContentProvider.ts b/src/gitContentProvider.ts
index b4e5aad..3470cc0 100644
--- a/src/gitContentProvider.ts
+++ b/src/gitContentProvider.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export class GitContentProvider implements TextDocumentContentProvider {
 
     async provideTextDocumentContent(uri: Uri, token: CancellationToken): Promise<string | undefined> {
         const data = GitService.fromGitContentUri(uri);
-        if (data.sha === GitService.fakeSha) return '';
+        if (data.sha === GitService.deletedSha) return '';
 
         const fileName = data.originalFileName || data.fileName;
 
diff --git a/src/gitService.ts b/src/gitService.ts
index 70a157b..ba98346 100644
--- a/src/gitService.ts
+++ b/src/gitService.ts
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ export interface GitChangeEvent {
 export class GitService extends Disposable {
 
     static emptyPromise: Promise<GitBlame | GitDiff | GitLog | undefined> = Promise.resolve(undefined);
-    static fakeSha = 'ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff';
+    static deletedSha = 'ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff';
     static uncommittedSha = '0000000000000000000000000000000000000000';
 
     config: IConfig;
diff --git a/src/views/gitExplorer.ts b/src/views/gitExplorer.ts
index fc261c4..45c4919 100644
--- a/src/views/gitExplorer.ts
+++ b/src/views/gitExplorer.ts
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ export class GitExplorer implements TreeDataProvider<ExplorerNode> {
             .map(s => GitUri.fromFileStatus(s, repoPath));
         for (const uri of uris) {
             await this.openDiffWith(repoPath,
-                { uri: uri, sha: node.commit.previousSha !== undefined ? node.commit.previousSha : GitService.fakeSha },
+                { uri: uri, sha: node.commit.previousSha !== undefined ? node.commit.previousSha : GitService.deletedSha },
                 { uri: uri, sha: node.commit.sha }, options);
         }
     }