diff --git a/extensions/git/src/main.ts b/extensions/git/src/main.ts
index 18555b55f52b995a6ef2ed2cc7ca7fe2dcf519a8..de5cb03d04975781d90f396c53fc3ac42c8cfb99 100644
--- a/extensions/git/src/main.ts
+++ b/extensions/git/src/main.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-import { ExtensionContext, workspace, window, Disposable } from 'vscode';
+import { ExtensionContext, workspace, window, Disposable, commands, Uri } from 'vscode';
 import { findGit, Git } from './git';
 import { Model } from './model';
 import { GitSCMProvider } from './scmProvider';
@@ -61,6 +61,15 @@ async function init(disposables: Disposable[]): Promise<void> {
 		mergeDecorator,
 		model
 	);
+
+	if (/^[01]/.test(info.version)) {
+		const update = localize('updateGit', "Update Git");
+		const choice = await window.showWarningMessage(localize('git20', "You seem to have git {0} installed. Code works best with git >= 2", info.version), update);
+
+		if (choice === update) {
+			commands.executeCommand('vscode.open', Uri.parse('https://git-scm.com/'));
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 export function activate(context: ExtensionContext): any {