diff --git a/pkg/commands/exec_live_default.go b/pkg/commands/exec_live_default.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41ce3a995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/commands/exec_live_default.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+// +build !windows
+
+package commands
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"os/exec"
+	"regexp"
+
+	"github.com/ionrock/procs"
+	"github.com/kr/pty"
+	"github.com/mgutz/str"
+)
+
+// RunCommandWithOutputLiveWrapper runs a command and return every word that gets written in stdout
+// Output is a function that executes by every word that gets read by bufio
+// As return of output you need to give a string that will be written to stdin
+// NOTE: If the return data is empty it won't written anything to stdin
+// NOTE: You don't have to include a enter in the return data this function will do that for you
+func RunCommandWithOutputLiveWrapper(c *OSCommand, command string, output func(string) string) error {
+	splitCmd := str.ToArgv(command)
+	cmd := exec.Command(splitCmd[0], splitCmd[1:]...)
+
+	cmd.Env = procs.Env(map[string]string{
+		"LANG":   "en_US.utf8",
+		"LC_ALL": "en_US.UTF-8",
+	}, true)
+
+	tty, err := pty.Start(cmd)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	defer func() { _ = tty.Close() }()
+
+	go func() {
+		// Regex to cleanup the command output
+		// sometimes the output words include unneeded spaces at eatch end of the string
+		re := regexp.MustCompile(`(^\s*)|(\s*$)`)
+
+		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(tty)
+		scanner.Split(bufio.ScanWords)
+		for scanner.Scan() {
+			toWrite := output(re.ReplaceAllString(scanner.Text(), ""))
+			if len(toWrite) > 0 {
+				_, _ = tty.Write([]byte(toWrite + "\n"))
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	if err := cmd.Wait(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/exec_live_win.go b/pkg/commands/exec_live_win.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..419eef5f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/commands/exec_live_win.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// +build windows
+
+package commands
+
+// RunCommandWithOutputLiveWrapper runs a command live but because of windows compatibility this command can't be ran there
+func RunCommandWithOutputLiveWrapper(c *OSCommand, command string, output func(string) string) error {
+	return c.RunCommand(command)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/os.go b/pkg/commands/os.go
index 7bd714157..e99ffbbb7 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/os.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/os.go
@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
 package commands
 
 import (
-	"bufio"
 	"errors"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/ionrock/procs"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/utils"
-	"github.com/kr/pty"
 
 	"github.com/mgutz/str"
 
@@ -61,48 +58,9 @@ func (c *OSCommand) RunCommandWithOutput(command string) (string, error) {
 	)
 }
 
-// RunCommandWithOutputLive runs a command and return every word that gets written in stdout
-// Output is a function that executes by every word that gets read by bufio
-// As return of output you need to give a string that will be written to stdin
-// NOTE: If the return data is empty it won't written anything to stdin
-// NOTE: You don't have to include a enter in the return data this function will do that for you
+// RunCommandWithOutputLive runs RunCommandWithOutputLiveWrapper
 func (c *OSCommand) RunCommandWithOutputLive(command string, output func(string) string) error {
-	splitCmd := str.ToArgv(command)
-	cmd := exec.Command(splitCmd[0], splitCmd[1:]...)
-
-	cmd.Env = procs.Env(map[string]string{
-		"LANG":   "en_US.utf8",
-		"LC_ALL": "en_US.UTF-8",
-	}, true)
-
-	tty, err := pty.Start(cmd)
-
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	defer func() { _ = tty.Close() }()
-
-	go func() {
-		// Regex to cleanup the command output
-		// sometimes the output words include unneeded spaces at eatch end of the string
-		re := regexp.MustCompile(`(^\s*)|(\s*$)`)
-
-		scanner := bufio.NewScanner(tty)
-		scanner.Split(bufio.ScanWords)
-		for scanner.Scan() {
-			toWrite := output(re.ReplaceAllString(scanner.Text(), ""))
-			if len(toWrite) > 0 {
-				_, _ = tty.Write([]byte(toWrite + "\n"))
-			}
-		}
-	}()
-
-	if err := cmd.Wait(); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	return nil
+	return RunCommandWithOutputLiveWrapper(c, command, output)
 }
 
 // DetectUnamePass detect a username / password question in a command