diff --git a/modules/templates/helper.go b/modules/templates/helper.go
index c5526b3de..9037af899 100644
--- a/modules/templates/helper.go
+++ b/modules/templates/helper.go
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ func ActionContent2Commits(act Actioner) *repository.PushCommits {
 // DiffTypeToStr returns diff type name
 func DiffTypeToStr(diffType int) string {
 	diffTypes := map[int]string{
-		1: "add", 2: "modify", 3: "del", 4: "rename",
+		1: "add", 2: "modify", 3: "del", 4: "rename", 5: "copy",
 	}
 	return diffTypes[diffType]
 }
diff --git a/services/gitdiff/gitdiff.go b/services/gitdiff/gitdiff.go
index 538f613b0..4cea5dd9a 100644
--- a/services/gitdiff/gitdiff.go
+++ b/services/gitdiff/gitdiff.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ const (
 	DiffFileChange
 	DiffFileDel
 	DiffFileRename
+	DiffFileCopy
 )
 
 // DiffLineExpandDirection represents the DiffLineSection expand direction
@@ -481,7 +482,46 @@ func ParsePatch(maxLines, maxLineCharacters, maxFiles int, reader io.Reader) (*D
 		}
 		line := linebuf.String()
 
-		if strings.HasPrefix(line, "+++ ") || strings.HasPrefix(line, "--- ") || len(line) == 0 {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(line, "--- ") {
+			if line[4] == '"' {
+				fmt.Sscanf(line[4:], "%q", &curFile.OldName)
+			} else {
+				curFile.OldName = line[4:]
+				if strings.Contains(curFile.OldName, " ") {
+					// Git adds a terminal \t if there is a space in the name
+					curFile.OldName = curFile.OldName[:len(curFile.OldName)-1]
+				}
+			}
+			if curFile.OldName[0:2] == "a/" {
+				curFile.OldName = curFile.OldName[2:]
+			}
+			continue
+		} else if strings.HasPrefix(line, "+++ ") {
+			if line[4] == '"' {
+				fmt.Sscanf(line[4:], "%q", &curFile.Name)
+			} else {
+				curFile.Name = line[4:]
+				if strings.Contains(curFile.Name, " ") {
+					// Git adds a terminal \t if there is a space in the name
+					curFile.Name = curFile.Name[:len(curFile.Name)-1]
+				}
+			}
+			if curFile.Name[0:2] == "b/" {
+				curFile.Name = curFile.Name[2:]
+			}
+			curFile.IsRenamed = (curFile.Name != curFile.OldName) && !(curFile.IsCreated || curFile.IsDeleted)
+			if curFile.IsDeleted {
+				curFile.Name = curFile.OldName
+				curFile.OldName = ""
+			} else if curFile.IsCreated {
+				curFile.OldName = ""
+			}
+			continue
+		} else if len(line) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if strings.HasPrefix(line, "+++") || strings.HasPrefix(line, "---") || len(line) == 0 {
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -569,36 +609,10 @@ func ParsePatch(maxLines, maxLineCharacters, maxFiles int, reader io.Reader) (*D
 				break
 			}
 
-			// Note: In case file name is surrounded by double quotes (it happens only in git-shell).
-			// e.g. diff --git "a/xxx" "b/xxx"
-			var a string
-			var b string
-
-			rd := strings.NewReader(line[len(cmdDiffHead):])
-			char, _ := rd.ReadByte()
-			_ = rd.UnreadByte()
-			if char == '"' {
-				fmt.Fscanf(rd, "%q ", &a)
-			} else {
-				fmt.Fscanf(rd, "%s ", &a)
-			}
-			char, _ = rd.ReadByte()
-			_ = rd.UnreadByte()
-			if char == '"' {
-				fmt.Fscanf(rd, "%q", &b)
-			} else {
-				fmt.Fscanf(rd, "%s", &b)
-			}
-			a = a[2:]
-			b = b[2:]
-
 			curFile = &DiffFile{
-				Name:      b,
-				OldName:   a,
-				Index:     len(diff.Files) + 1,
-				Type:      DiffFileChange,
-				Sections:  make([]*DiffSection, 0, 10),
-				IsRenamed: a != b,
+				Index:    len(diff.Files) + 1,
+				Type:     DiffFileChange,
+				Sections: make([]*DiffSection, 0, 10),
 			}
 			diff.Files = append(diff.Files, curFile)
 			curFileLinesCount = 0
@@ -607,6 +621,7 @@ func ParsePatch(maxLines, maxLineCharacters, maxFiles int, reader io.Reader) (*D
 			curFileLFSPrefix = false
 
 			// Check file diff type and is submodule.
+		loop:
 			for {
 				line, err := input.ReadString('\n')
 				if err != nil {
@@ -617,23 +632,67 @@ func ParsePatch(maxLines, maxLineCharacters, maxFiles int, reader io.Reader) (*D
 					}
 				}
 
-				switch {
-				case strings.HasPrefix(line, "new file"):
-					curFile.Type = DiffFileAdd
-					curFile.IsCreated = true
-				case strings.HasPrefix(line, "deleted"):
-					curFile.Type = DiffFileDel
-					curFile.IsDeleted = true
-				case strings.HasPrefix(line, "index"):
-					curFile.Type = DiffFileChange
-				case strings.HasPrefix(line, "similarity index 100%"):
-					curFile.Type = DiffFileRename
-				}
-				if curFile.Type > 0 {
-					if strings.HasSuffix(line, " 160000\n") {
-						curFile.IsSubmodule = true
+				if curFile.Type != DiffFileRename {
+					switch {
+					case strings.HasPrefix(line, "new file"):
+						curFile.Type = DiffFileAdd
+						curFile.IsCreated = true
+					case strings.HasPrefix(line, "deleted"):
+						curFile.Type = DiffFileDel
+						curFile.IsDeleted = true
+					case strings.HasPrefix(line, "index"):
+						curFile.Type = DiffFileChange
+					case strings.HasPrefix(line, "similarity index 100%"):
+						curFile.Type = DiffFileRename
+					}
+					if curFile.Type > 0 && curFile.Type != DiffFileRename {
+						if strings.HasSuffix(line, " 160000\n") {
+							curFile.IsSubmodule = true
+						}
+						break
+					}
+				} else {
+					switch {
+					case strings.HasPrefix(line, "rename from "):
+						if line[12] == '"' {
+							fmt.Sscanf(line[12:], "%q", &curFile.OldName)
+						} else {
+							curFile.OldName = line[12:]
+							curFile.OldName = curFile.OldName[:len(curFile.OldName)-1]
+						}
+					case strings.HasPrefix(line, "rename to "):
+						if line[10] == '"' {
+							fmt.Sscanf(line[10:], "%q", &curFile.Name)
+						} else {
+							curFile.Name = line[10:]
+							curFile.Name = curFile.Name[:len(curFile.Name)-1]
+						}
+						curFile.IsRenamed = true
+						break loop
+					case strings.HasPrefix(line, "copy from "):
+						if line[10] == '"' {
+							fmt.Sscanf(line[10:], "%q", &curFile.OldName)
+						} else {
+							curFile.OldName = line[10:]
+							curFile.OldName = curFile.OldName[:len(curFile.OldName)-1]
+						}
+					case strings.HasPrefix(line, "copy to "):
+						if line[8] == '"' {
+							fmt.Sscanf(line[8:], "%q", &curFile.Name)
+						} else {
+							curFile.Name = line[8:]
+							curFile.Name = curFile.Name[:len(curFile.Name)-1]
+						}
+						curFile.IsRenamed = true
+						curFile.Type = DiffFileCopy
+						break loop
+					default:
+						if strings.HasSuffix(line, " 160000\n") {
+							curFile.IsSubmodule = true
+						} else {
+							break loop
+						}
 					}
-					break
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/services/gitdiff/gitdiff_test.go b/services/gitdiff/gitdiff_test.go
index 9826ece2d..ad1d186e7 100644
--- a/services/gitdiff/gitdiff_test.go
+++ b/services/gitdiff/gitdiff_test.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 package gitdiff
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"html/template"
 	"strings"
@@ -14,11 +15,9 @@ import (
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/git"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting"
-
-	"gopkg.in/ini.v1"
-
 	dmp "github.com/sergi/go-diff/diffmatchpatch"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"gopkg.in/ini.v1"
 )
 
 func assertEqual(t *testing.T, s1 string, s2 template.HTML) {
@@ -77,7 +76,145 @@ func TestDiffToHTML(t *testing.T) {
 	}, DiffLineAdd))
 }
 
-func TestParsePatch(t *testing.T) {
+func TestParsePatch_singlefile(t *testing.T) {
+	type testcase struct {
+		name        string
+		gitdiff     string
+		wantErr     bool
+		addition    int
+		deletion    int
+		oldFilename string
+		filename    string
+	}
+
+	tests := []testcase{
+		{
+			name: "readme.md2readme.md",
+			gitdiff: `diff --git "a/README.md" "b/README.md"
+--- a/README.md
++++ b/README.md
+@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+ # gitea-github-migrator
++
++ Build Status
+- Latest Release
+ Docker Pulls
++ cut off
++ cut off
+`,
+			addition: 4,
+			deletion: 1,
+			filename: "README.md",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "A \\ B",
+			gitdiff: `diff --git "a/A \\ B" "b/A \\ B"
+--- "a/A \\ B"
++++ "b/A \\ B"
+@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+ # gitea-github-migrator
++
++ Build Status
+- Latest Release
+ Docker Pulls
++ cut off
++ cut off`,
+			addition: 4,
+			deletion: 1,
+			filename: "A \\ B",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "really weird filename",
+			gitdiff: `diff --git a/a b/file b/a a/file b/a b/file b/a a/file
+index d2186f1..f5c8ed2 100644
+--- a/a b/file b/a a/file	
++++ b/a b/file b/a a/file	
+@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
+ Create a weird file.
+ 
+-and what does diff do here?
+\ No newline at end of file`,
+			addition:    0,
+			deletion:    1,
+			filename:    "a b/file b/a a/file",
+			oldFilename: "a b/file b/a a/file",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "delete file with blanks",
+			gitdiff: `diff --git a/file with blanks b/file with blanks
+deleted file mode 100644
+index 898651a..0000000
+--- a/file with blanks	
++++ /dev/null
+@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
+-a blank file
+-
+-has a couple o line
+-
+-the 5th line is the last
+`,
+			addition: 0,
+			deletion: 5,
+			filename: "file with blanks",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "rename a—as",
+			gitdiff: `diff --git "a/\360\243\220\265b\342\200\240vs" "b/a\342\200\224as"
+similarity index 100%
+rename from "\360\243\220\265b\342\200\240vs"
+rename to "a\342\200\224as"
+`,
+			addition:    0,
+			deletion:    0,
+			oldFilename: "𣐵b†vs",
+			filename:    "a—as",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "rename with spaces",
+			gitdiff: `diff --git a/a b/file b/a a/file b/a b/a a/file b/b file
+similarity index 100%
+rename from a b/file b/a a/file
+rename to a b/a a/file b/b file
+`,
+			oldFilename: "a b/file b/a a/file",
+			filename:    "a b/a a/file b/b file",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, testcase := range tests {
+		t.Run(testcase.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got, err := ParsePatch(setting.Git.MaxGitDiffLines, setting.Git.MaxGitDiffLineCharacters, setting.Git.MaxGitDiffFiles, strings.NewReader(testcase.gitdiff))
+			if (err != nil) != testcase.wantErr {
+				t.Errorf("ParsePatch() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, testcase.wantErr)
+				return
+			}
+			gotMarshaled, _ := json.MarshalIndent(got, "  ", "  ")
+			if got.NumFiles != 1 {
+				t.Errorf("ParsePath() did not receive 1 file:\n%s", string(gotMarshaled))
+				return
+			}
+			if got.TotalAddition != testcase.addition {
+				t.Errorf("ParsePath() does not have correct totalAddition %d, wanted %d", got.TotalAddition, testcase.addition)
+			}
+			if got.TotalDeletion != testcase.deletion {
+				t.Errorf("ParsePath() did not have correct totalDeletion %d, wanted %d", got.TotalDeletion, testcase.deletion)
+			}
+			file := got.Files[0]
+			if file.Addition != testcase.addition {
+				t.Errorf("ParsePath() does not have correct file addition %d, wanted %d", file.Addition, testcase.addition)
+			}
+			if file.Deletion != testcase.deletion {
+				t.Errorf("ParsePath() did not have correct file deletion %d, wanted %d", file.Deletion, testcase.deletion)
+			}
+			if file.OldName != testcase.oldFilename {
+				t.Errorf("ParsePath() did not have correct OldName %s, wanted %s", file.OldName, testcase.oldFilename)
+			}
+			if file.Name != testcase.filename {
+				t.Errorf("ParsePath() did not have correct Name %s, wanted %s", file.Name, testcase.filename)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+
 	var diff = `diff --git "a/README.md" "b/README.md"
 --- a/README.md
 +++ b/README.md