diff --git a/.changeset/slimy-clocks-drum.md b/.changeset/slimy-clocks-drum.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a49ef53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/slimy-clocks-drum.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'simple-git': minor
+---
+
+Fixes an issue with reporting name changes in the `files` array returned by `git.status`.
+Thank you @mark-codesphere for the contribution.
diff --git a/simple-git/src/lib/responses/FileStatusSummary.ts b/simple-git/src/lib/responses/FileStatusSummary.ts
index 957aa197..92ce0af1 100644
--- a/simple-git/src/lib/responses/FileStatusSummary.ts
+++ b/simple-git/src/lib/responses/FileStatusSummary.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { FileStatusResult } from '../../../typings';
 
-export const fromPathRegex = /^(.+) -> (.+)$/;
+export const fromPathRegex = /^(.+)\0(.+)$/;
 
 export class FileStatusSummary implements FileStatusResult {
    public readonly from: string | undefined;
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ export class FileStatusSummary implements FileStatusResult {
       public index: string,
       public working_dir: string
    ) {
-      if ('R' === index + working_dir) {
+      if (index === 'R' || working_dir === 'R') {
          const detail = fromPathRegex.exec(path) || [null, path, path];
-         this.from = detail[1] || '';
-         this.path = detail[2] || '';
+         this.from = detail[2] || '';
+         this.path = detail[1] || '';
       }
    }
 }
diff --git a/simple-git/src/lib/responses/StatusSummary.ts b/simple-git/src/lib/responses/StatusSummary.ts
index 1a0c95b5..0cfb3169 100644
--- a/simple-git/src/lib/responses/StatusSummary.ts
+++ b/simple-git/src/lib/responses/StatusSummary.ts
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ function splitLine(result: StatusResult, lineStr: string) {
       }
 
       if (raw !== '##' && raw !== '!!') {
-         result.files.push(new FileStatusSummary(path.replace(/\0.+$/, ''), index, workingDir));
+         result.files.push(new FileStatusSummary(path, index, workingDir));
       }
    }
 }
diff --git a/simple-git/test/integration/status.spec.ts b/simple-git/test/integration/status.spec.ts
index 364e8526..74e12051 100644
--- a/simple-git/test/integration/status.spec.ts
+++ b/simple-git/test/integration/status.spec.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ describe('status', () => {
 
       expect(status).toEqual(
          like({
-            files: [like({ path: 'gamma' }), like({ path: 'dirty-dir/dirty' })],
+            files: [like({ path: 'gamma', from: 'alpha' }), like({ path: 'dirty-dir/dirty' })],
             renamed: [{ from: 'alpha', to: 'gamma' }],
          })
       );