diff --git a/git-gui.sh b/git-gui.sh
index 0192f80dd7..9892ec32ae 100755
--- a/git-gui.sh
+++ b/git-gui.sh
@@ -3115,7 +3115,7 @@ proc read_ls_tree {fd w} {
 
 		switch -- $type {
 		blob {
-			set image file_plain
+			set image file_mod
 		}
 		tree {
 			set image file_dir
@@ -3446,23 +3446,31 @@ static unsigned char file_merge_bits[] = {
    0xfa, 0x17, 0x02, 0x10, 0xfe, 0x1f};
 } -maskdata $filemask
 
-image create bitmap file_dir -background white -foreground blue -data {
-#define mod_width 14
-#define mod_height 15
-static unsigned char mod_bits[] = {
-   0xfe, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x7a, 0x05, 0x02, 0x09, 0x7a, 0x1f, 0x02, 0x10,
-   0xfa, 0x17, 0x02, 0x10, 0xfa, 0x17, 0x02, 0x10, 0xfa, 0x17, 0x02, 0x10,
-   0xfa, 0x17, 0x02, 0x10, 0xfe, 0x1f};
-} -maskdata $filemask
+set file_dir_data {
+#define file_width 18
+#define file_height 18
+static unsigned char file_bits[] = {
+  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xf8, 0x03, 0x00,
+  0x0c, 0x03, 0x00, 0x04, 0xfe, 0x00, 0x06, 0x80, 0x00, 0xff, 0x9f, 0x00,
+  0x03, 0x98, 0x00, 0x02, 0x90, 0x00, 0x06, 0xb0, 0x00, 0x04, 0xa0, 0x00,
+  0x0c, 0xe0, 0x00, 0x08, 0xc0, 0x00, 0xf8, 0xff, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
+  0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
+}
+image create bitmap file_dir -background white -foreground blue \
+	-data $file_dir_data -maskdata $file_dir_data
+unset file_dir_data
 
-image create bitmap file_uplevel -background white -foreground blue -data {
-#define mod_width 14
-#define mod_height 15
-static unsigned char mod_bits[] = {
-   0xfe, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x7a, 0x05, 0x02, 0x09, 0x7a, 0x1f, 0x02, 0x10,
-   0xfa, 0x17, 0x02, 0x10, 0xfa, 0x17, 0x02, 0x10, 0xfa, 0x17, 0x02, 0x10,
-   0xfa, 0x17, 0x02, 0x10, 0xfe, 0x1f};
-} -maskdata $filemask
+set file_uplevel_data {
+#define up_width 15
+#define up_height 15
+static unsigned char up_bits[] = {
+  0x80, 0x00, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xe0, 0x03, 0xf0, 0x07, 0xf8, 0x0f, 0xfc, 0x1f,
+  0xfe, 0x3f, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01,
+  0xc0, 0x01, 0xc0, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00};
+}
+image create bitmap file_uplevel -background white -foreground red \
+	-data $file_uplevel_data -maskdata $file_uplevel_data
+unset file_uplevel_data
 
 set ui_index .vpane.files.index.list
 set ui_workdir .vpane.files.workdir.list