diff --git a/apps/servers/octopus/supergit/src/files/tree.rs b/apps/servers/octopus/supergit/src/files/tree.rs
index 4903bad58f6..c55cd5d3ba4 100644
--- a/apps/servers/octopus/supergit/src/files/tree.rs
+++ b/apps/servers/octopus/supergit/src/files/tree.rs
@@ -31,48 +31,30 @@ impl FileTree {
     }
 
     /// Get the history of a path with a branch iterator
+    ///
+    /// This function is computationally light, by not checking for
+    /// renames between commits.  This is done by resolving a path to
+    /// a tree reference, and comparing references at the same
+    /// position between two commits.
     pub fn base_history(&self, iter: BranchIter, path: &str) -> Option<Vec<Commit>> {
         let mut iter = iter.peekable();
-
-        let entry = self.resolve(path)?;
-        let trgid = entry.id();
-
         let mut commits = vec![];
 
         // Iterate over the branch in commit pairs
         while let (Some(a), b) = iter.next_pair() {
-            dbg!(&a.commit());
-            let ta = self.checkout(a.commit().id.clone());
-            let te_a = dbg!(ta.resolve(dbg!(path)));
-
-            let b = match b {
-                Some(b) => b,
-                None if te_a.is_some() => {
-                    // If b doesn't exist, but the path exists in a,
-                    // then it is safe to assume that a introduces the
-                    // path
-                    commits.push(a.commit().clone());
-                    break;
-                }
-                None => break,
-            };
-
-            let tb = self.checkout(b.commit().id.clone());
-            let te_b = match ta.resolve(path) {
-                Some(b) => b,
-                None => continue,
-            };
-
-            let te_a = match te_a {
-                Some(a) => a,
-                None => continue,
-            };
-
-            // If the two tree nodes are not equal, add the commit to
-            // the list.  This means that the `a` commit changed
-            // something in the path.
-            if dbg!(te_a != te_b) {
-                commits.push(a.commit().clone());
+            let _a = a.commit().clone();
+            let a = self.checkout(a.commit().id.clone()).resolve(path);
+            let b = b.and_then(|c| self.checkout(c.commit().id.clone()).resolve(path));
+
+            match (a, b) {
+                // If a path exists in both commits, check if they are
+                // the same Ref.  If they are not, a changed the path.
+                (Some(a), Some(b)) if a != b => commits.push(_a),
+                // If a path only exists in a then it was created
+                (Some(_), None) => commits.push(_a),
+                // If a path only exists in b, then it was deleted
+                (None, Some(_)) => commits.push(_a),
+                (_, _) => {}
             }
         }