diff --git a/src/plugins/git/mergetool.cpp b/src/plugins/git/mergetool.cpp
index 5f1432d856f068dd6be26455bcabb7159cc52583..1bf3a439fd37534602d0196ada605805702e6649 100644
--- a/src/plugins/git/mergetool.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/git/mergetool.cpp
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ bool MergeTool::start(const QString &workingDirectory, const QStringList &files)
     if (m_process->waitForStarted()) {
         connect(m_process, SIGNAL(finished(int)), this, SLOT(done()));
         connect(m_process, SIGNAL(readyRead()), this, SLOT(readData()));
-        Core::DocumentManager::expectDirectoryChange(workingDirectory);
     }
     else {
         delete m_process;
@@ -269,7 +268,6 @@ void MergeTool::done()
     } else {
         outputWindow->append(tr("Merge tool process terminated with exit code %1").arg(exitCode));
     }
-    Core::DocumentManager::unexpectDirectoryChange(workingDirectory);
     GitPlugin::instance()->gitVersionControl()->emitRepositoryChanged(workingDirectory);
     deleteLater();
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.cpp b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.cpp
index 9ed54c6a8f14e5144a716ab69d234365a36e19f2..05c51a8aa348d79e71e63986a8b1aea62f5a7fa4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/vcsbase/vcsbaseplugin.cpp
@@ -931,8 +931,9 @@ SynchronousProcessResponse VcsBasePlugin::runVcs(const QString &workingDir,
 
     VcsBase::VcsBasePlugin::setProcessEnvironment(&env, (flags & ForceCLocale));
 
-    if (flags & ExpectRepoChanges)
-        Core::DocumentManager::expectDirectoryChange(workingDir);
+    // TODO tell the document manager about expected repository changes
+    //    if (flags & ExpectRepoChanges)
+    //        Core::DocumentManager::expectDirectoryChange(workingDir);
     if (flags & FullySynchronously) {
         response = runVcsFullySynchronously(workingDir, binary, arguments, timeOutMS,
                                              env, flags, outputCodec);
@@ -981,8 +982,9 @@ SynchronousProcessResponse VcsBasePlugin::runVcs(const QString &workingDir,
         if (!(flags & SuppressFailMessageInLogWindow))
             outputWindow->appendError(response.exitMessage(binary, timeOutMS));
     }
-    if (flags & ExpectRepoChanges)
-        Core::DocumentManager::unexpectDirectoryChange(workingDir);
+    // TODO tell the document manager that the directory now received all expected changes
+    // if (flags & ExpectRepoChanges)
+    //    Core::DocumentManager::unexpectDirectoryChange(workingDir);
 
     return response;
 }
@@ -1002,8 +1004,9 @@ bool VcsBasePlugin::runFullySynchronous(const QString &workingDirectory,
     if (!(flags & SuppressCommandLogging))
         VcsBase::VcsBaseOutputWindow::instance()->appendCommand(workingDirectory, binary, arguments);
 
-    if (flags & ExpectRepoChanges)
-        Core::DocumentManager::expectDirectoryChange(workingDirectory);
+    // TODO tell the document manager about expected repository changes
+    // if (flags & ExpectRepoChanges)
+    //    Core::DocumentManager::expectDirectoryChange(workingDirectory);
     QProcess process;
     process.setWorkingDirectory(workingDirectory);
     process.setProcessEnvironment(env);
@@ -1025,8 +1028,9 @@ bool VcsBasePlugin::runFullySynchronous(const QString &workingDirectory,
         SynchronousProcess::stopProcess(process);
         return false;
     }
-    if (flags & ExpectRepoChanges)
-        Core::DocumentManager::unexpectDirectoryChange(workingDirectory);
+    // TODO tell the document manager that the directory now received all expected changes
+    // if (flags & ExpectRepoChanges)
+    //    Core::DocumentManager::unexpectDirectoryChange(workingDirectory);
 
     return process.exitStatus() == QProcess::NormalExit && process.exitCode() == 0;
 }