diff --git a/pkg/commands/branch_list_builder.go b/pkg/commands/branch_list_builder.go
index d7a23205512..e5af7685326 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/branch_list_builder.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/branch_list_builder.go
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ func (b *BranchListBuilder) obtainCurrentBranch() *Branch {
 
 func (b *BranchListBuilder) obtainReflogBranches() []*Branch {
 	branches := make([]*Branch, 0)
-	rawString, err := b.GitCommand.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput("git reflog -n100 --pretty='%cr|%gs' --grep-reflog='checkout: moving' HEAD")
+	// if we directly put this string in RunCommandWithOutput the compiler complains because it thinks it's a format string
+	unescaped := "git reflog -n100 --pretty='%cr|%gs' --grep-reflog='checkout: moving' HEAD"
+	rawString, err := b.GitCommand.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(unescaped)
 	if err != nil {
 		return branches
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git.go b/pkg/commands/git.go
index fe0600065ee..3464215c72b 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git.go
@@ -157,7 +157,9 @@ func findDotGitDir(stat func(string) (os.FileInfo, error), readFile func(filenam
 
 // GetStashEntries stash entries
 func (c *GitCommand) GetStashEntries() []*StashEntry {
-	rawString, _ := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput("git stash list --pretty='%gs'")
+	// if we directly put this string in RunCommandWithOutput the compiler complains because it thinks it's a format string
+	unescaped := "git stash list --pretty='%gs'"
+	rawString, _ := c.OSCommand.RunCommandWithOutput(unescaped)
 	stashEntries := []*StashEntry{}
 	for i, line := range utils.SplitLines(rawString) {
 		stashEntries = append(stashEntries, stashEntryFromLine(line, i))