diff --git a/pkg/commands/sync.go b/pkg/commands/sync.go
index e3be30dc1..e032d0a65 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/sync.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/sync.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package commands
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"sync"
 )
 
 // Push pushes to a branch
@@ -59,3 +60,32 @@ func (c *GitCommand) FetchRemote(remoteName string, promptUserForCredential func
 	command := fmt.Sprintf("git fetch %s", remoteName)
 	return c.OSCommand.DetectUnamePass(command, promptUserForCredential)
 }
+
+func (c *GitCommand) GetPullMode(mode string) string {
+	if mode != "auto" {
+		return mode
+	}
+
+	var isRebase bool
+	var isFf bool
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+
+	wg.Add(2)
+	go func() {
+		isRebase = c.GetConfigValue("pull.rebase") == "true"
+		wg.Done()
+	}()
+	go func() {
+		isFf = c.GetConfigValue("pull.ff") == "only"
+		wg.Done()
+	}()
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	if isRebase {
+		return "rebase"
+	} else if isFf {
+		return "ff-only"
+	} else {
+		return "merge"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/gui/files_panel.go b/pkg/gui/files_panel.go
index faacf6fc8..4d225d945 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/files_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/files_panel.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/gocui"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/commands"
@@ -660,42 +659,15 @@ func (gui *Gui) pullFiles(opts PullFilesOptions) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	mode := gui.getPullMode()
+	mode := &gui.Config.GetUserConfig().Git.Pull.Mode
+	*mode = gui.GitCommand.GetPullMode(*mode)
 
 	// TODO: this doesn't look like a good idea. Why the goroutine?
-	go utils.Safe(func() { _ = gui.pullWithMode(mode, opts) })
+	go utils.Safe(func() { _ = gui.pullWithMode(*mode, opts) })
 
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (gui *Gui) getPullMode() string {
-	mode := &gui.Config.GetUserConfig().Git.Pull.Mode
-	if *mode == "auto" {
-		var isRebase bool
-		var isFf bool
-		var wg sync.WaitGroup
-		wg.Add(2)
-		go func() {
-			isRebase = gui.GitCommand.GetConfigValue("pull.rebase") == "true"
-			wg.Done()
-		}()
-		go func() {
-			isFf = gui.GitCommand.GetConfigValue("pull.ff") == "true"
-			wg.Done()
-		}()
-		wg.Wait()
-
-		if isRebase {
-			*mode = "rebase"
-		} else if isFf {
-			*mode = "ff-only"
-		} else {
-			*mode = "merge"
-		}
-	}
-	return *mode
-}
-
 func (gui *Gui) pullWithMode(mode string, opts PullFilesOptions) error {
 	gui.Mutexes.FetchMutex.Lock()
 	defer gui.Mutexes.FetchMutex.Unlock()