diff --git a/trains/backend_interface/task/repo/detectors.py b/trains/backend_interface/task/repo/detectors.py
index b6659cc9..99a5993d 100644
--- a/trains/backend_interface/task/repo/detectors.py
+++ b/trains/backend_interface/task/repo/detectors.py
@@ -75,17 +75,17 @@ class Detector(object):
         """ Returns a RepoInfo instance containing a command for each info attribute """
         return self.Commands()
 
-    def _get_command_output(self, path, name, command):
+    def _get_command_output(self, path, name, command, strip=True):
         """ Run a command and return its output """
         try:
-            return get_command_output(command, path)
+            return get_command_output(command, path, strip=strip)
 
         except (CalledProcessError, UnicodeDecodeError) as ex:
             if not name.endswith(self._fallback):
                 fallback_command = attr.asdict(self._get_commands()).get(name + self._fallback)
                 if fallback_command:
                     try:
-                        return get_command_output(fallback_command, path)
+                        return get_command_output(fallback_command, path, strip=strip)
                     except (CalledProcessError, UnicodeDecodeError):
                         pass
             _logger.warning("Can't get {} information for {} repo in {}".format(name, self.type_name, path))
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class Detector(object):
 
         info = Result(
             **{
-                name: self._get_command_output(path, name, command)
+                name: self._get_command_output(path, name, command, strip=bool(name != 'diff'))
                 for name, command in attr.asdict(commands).items()
                 if command and not name.endswith(self._fallback)
             }
diff --git a/trains/backend_interface/task/repo/util.py b/trains/backend_interface/task/repo/util.py
index d6921632..80ce082a 100644
--- a/trains/backend_interface/task/repo/util.py
+++ b/trains/backend_interface/task/repo/util.py
@@ -4,14 +4,15 @@ from subprocess import check_output
 from furl import furl
 
 
-def get_command_output(command, path=None):
+def get_command_output(command, path=None, strip=True):
     """
     Run a command and return its output
     :raises CalledProcessError: when command execution fails
     :raises UnicodeDecodeError: when output decoding fails
     """
     with open(os.devnull, "wb") as devnull:
-        return check_output(command, cwd=path, stderr=devnull).decode().strip()
+        result = check_output(command, cwd=path, stderr=devnull).decode()
+        return result.strip() if strip else result
 
 
 def remove_user_pass_from_url(url):