diff --git a/lua/git/core/repo.lua b/lua/git/core/repo.lua
index d9a75ac..e29b805 100644
--- a/lua/git/core/repo.lua
+++ b/lua/git/core/repo.lua
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ local INVALIDATION_RULES = {
     stash_refs = function(relpath)
         return relpath == "refs/stash" or relpath == "logs/refs/stash"
     end,
+    config = function(relpath)
+        return relpath == "config"
+    end,
 }
 
 ---@param relpath string
@@ -599,6 +602,37 @@ function Repo:resolve_sha(abbrev)
     return result[1], result[2]
 end
 
+---@private
+---@return table<string, table<string, string>>
+function Repo:_config()
+    return self:get_cached("config", function(self)
+        return read_git_config(vim.fs.joinpath(self.gitdir, "config")) or {}
+    end)
+end
+
+---@private
+---@return boolean
+function Repo:_ignorecase()
+    local cfg = self:_config()
+    return cfg.core and cfg.core.ignorecase == "true" or false
+end
+
+---@param rel string
+---@return ow.Git.Status.Entry?
+function Repo:status_entry_for(rel)
+    local direct = self.status.entries[rel]
+    if direct or not self:_ignorecase() then
+        return direct
+    end
+    local lower = rel:lower()
+    for path, entry in pairs(self.status.entries) do
+        if path:lower() == lower then
+            return entry
+        end
+    end
+    return nil
+end
+
 ---@type table<string, true>
 local no_repo_dirs = {}
 
diff --git a/lua/git/statusline.lua b/lua/git/statusline.lua
index 99fb2c7..33592e7 100644
--- a/lua/git/statusline.lua
+++ b/lua/git/statusline.lua
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ end
 ---@param r ow.Git.Repo
 ---@param rel string
 local function set_status(buf, r, rel)
-    local entry = r.status.entries[rel]
+    local entry = r:status_entry_for(rel)
     vim.b[buf].git_status = { head = r:head(), entry = entry }
     vim.b[buf].git_status_string = render(entry)
 end
diff --git a/test/git/repo_test.lua b/test/git/repo_test.lua
index 366436d..a66e689 100644
--- a/test/git/repo_test.lua
+++ b/test/git/repo_test.lua
@@ -173,6 +173,34 @@ t.test("_invalidate clears refs/head/resolve for refs/heads/*", function()
     t.truthy(r._cache.stash_refs)
 end)
 
+t.test("_invalidate clears config on .git/config change", function()
+    local dir = h.make_repo({ a = "x" })
+    local r = assert(require("git.core.repo").resolve(dir))
+    r._cache.config = { core = {} }
+    r:_invalidate("config")
+    t.eq(r._cache.config, nil)
+end)
+
+t.test("status_entry_for: exact match on case-sensitive repo", function()
+    local dir = h.make_repo({ Foo = "x" })
+    t.write(dir, "Foo", "modified")
+    local r = assert(require("git.core.repo").resolve(dir))
+    wait_initial(r)
+    t.truthy(r:status_entry_for("Foo"))
+    t.eq(r:status_entry_for("foo"), nil, "case mismatch returns nil")
+end)
+
+t.test("status_entry_for: case-insensitive fallback when core.ignorecase=true", function()
+    local dir = h.make_repo({ Foo = "x" })
+    h.git(dir, "config", "core.ignorecase", "true")
+    t.write(dir, "Foo", "modified")
+    local r = assert(require("git.core.repo").resolve(dir))
+    wait_initial(r)
+    t.truthy(r:status_entry_for("Foo"), "exact match")
+    t.truthy(r:status_entry_for("foo"), "lowercase finds Foo")
+    t.truthy(r:status_entry_for("FOO"), "uppercase finds Foo")
+end)
+
 t.test("_invalidate matches stash_refs on refs/stash and logs/refs/stash", function()
     local dir = h.make_repo({ a = "x" })
     local r = assert(require("git.core.repo").resolve(dir))