diff --git a/ProjectDirector.Test/CommitTests.cs b/ProjectDirector.Test/CommitTests.cs
index 1c17242..3689dc0 100644
--- a/ProjectDirector.Test/CommitTests.cs
+++ b/ProjectDirector.Test/CommitTests.cs
@@ -223,6 +223,43 @@ public void ARenameWhoseSourceLooksLikeARecordIsStillNotListed()
 		}
 	}
 
+	/// <summary>
+	/// A rename can also be reported in the worktree column: a file added with intent-to-add that
+	/// git matches against a deleted tracked file comes out as <c> R</c>. Its source path still
+	/// follows as a bare entry and must be consumed, or "ab cd.txt" is listed as "cd.txt".
+	/// </summary>
+	[TestMethod]
+	public void AWorktreeRenameReportsOnlyItsDestination()
+	{
+		// Arrange
+		string root = CreateCommittedRepository();
+
+		try
+		{
+			File.WriteAllText(Path.Join(root, "ab cd.txt"), "moved content\n");
+			Assert.IsTrue(GitCli.RunIn(root, "add", "--all").Succeeded);
+			Assert.IsTrue(GitCli.RunIn(root, "commit", "-m", "second").Succeeded);
+
+			File.Delete(Path.Join(root, "ab cd.txt"));
+			File.WriteAllText(Path.Join(root, "new.txt"), "moved content\n");
+			Assert.IsTrue(GitCli.RunIn(root, "add", "-N", "new.txt").Succeeded, "git add -N failed.");
+
+			GitResult status = GitCli.RunIn(root, "status", "--porcelain", "-z");
+			Assert.StartsWith(" R new.txt\0", status.Output, "git should report the rename in the worktree column.");
+
+			// Act
+			Collection<string> changes = GitCli.ListPendingChanges(root);
+
+			// Assert
+			Assert.HasCount(1, changes);
+			Assert.AreEqual("new.txt", changes[0]);
+		}
+		finally
+		{
+			Cleanup(root);
+		}
+	}
+
 	/// <summary>
 	/// A path that is not a repository at all reports nothing rather than throwing, so the button
 	/// degrades to "nothing to commit" instead of taking the application down.
diff --git a/ProjectDirector/GitCli.cs b/ProjectDirector/GitCli.cs
index 7ea1846..6d2f076 100644
--- a/ProjectDirector/GitCli.cs
+++ b/ProjectDirector/GitCli.cs
@@ -213,8 +213,10 @@ internal static Collection<string> ListPendingChanges(string repositoryPath)
 
 			changes.Add(entry[3..]);
 
-			// A rename or copy is recorded against the index, in the first status character.
-			if (entry[0] is 'R' or 'C')
+			// A rename or copy is usually recorded against the index, in the first status character,
+			// but one detected in the worktree (an intent-to-add file matched against a deleted
+			// tracked one) is recorded in the second. Either way the source path follows.
+			if (entry[0] is 'R' or 'C' || entry[1] is 'R' or 'C')
 			{
 				++i;
 			}