diff --git a/fuzz/in/modern_git_version.txt b/fuzz/in/modern_git_version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..630281d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fuzz/in/modern_git_version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+TASK-42releaseygit version 2.50.1.windows.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/fuzz/in/old_git_version.txt b/fuzz/in/old_git_version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3719e1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fuzz/in/old_git_version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+TASK-42releaseygit version 2.11.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/GitOld.js b/lib/GitOld.js
index aae5533..81793a9 100644
--- a/lib/GitOld.js
+++ b/lib/GitOld.js
@@ -6,13 +6,24 @@ module.exports = class OldGit {
 		this.gitRepo = o.gitRepo
 	}
 
+	static isVersionAtLeast (version, minVersion) {
+		if (!version) return true
+		const cleaned = version.trim()
+		if (!cleaned) return true
+		const [vMajor, vMinor] = cleaned.split('.').map(n => parseInt(n, 10))
+		const [minMajor, minMinor] = minVersion.split('.').map(n => parseInt(n, 10))
+		if (vMajor > minMajor) return true
+		if (vMajor < minMajor) return false
+		return vMinor >= minMinor
+	}
+
 	async translate (o) {
 		if (!o.version) {
 			let v = await ShellCommand.withText (`git --version`).runSilent ()
 			o.version  = v.split ('git version')[1]
 		}
 
-		if (o.version > '2.23') {
+		if (OldGit.isVersionAtLeast (o.version, '2.23')) {
 			return o
 		}
 
diff --git a/tests/GitOld.js b/tests/GitOld.js
index f5d5440..61c14c3 100644
--- a/tests/GitOld.js
+++ b/tests/GitOld.js
@@ -77,4 +77,30 @@ describe('git old', () => {
 			{todo: asIs, version}
 		)
 	})
+
+	describe('isVersionAtLeast', () => {
+		it ('should handle leading space (real git output)', (t) => {
+			assert.strictEqual(GitOld.isVersionAtLeast(' 2.50.1.windows.1', '2.23'), true)
+			assert.strictEqual(GitOld.isVersionAtLeast(' 2.40.0', '2.23'), true)
+		})
+
+		it ('should compare versions correctly', (t) => {
+			assert.strictEqual(GitOld.isVersionAtLeast('2.50.1', '2.23'), true)
+			assert.strictEqual(GitOld.isVersionAtLeast('2.24.1', '2.23'), true)
+			assert.strictEqual(GitOld.isVersionAtLeast('2.23.0', '2.23'), true)
+			assert.strictEqual(GitOld.isVersionAtLeast('2.22.0', '2.23'), false)
+			assert.strictEqual(GitOld.isVersionAtLeast('2.11.0', '2.23'), false)
+		})
+
+		it ('should handle major version differences', (t) => {
+			assert.strictEqual(GitOld.isVersionAtLeast('3.0.0', '2.23'), true)
+			assert.strictEqual(GitOld.isVersionAtLeast('1.99.0', '2.23'), false)
+		})
+
+		it ('should return true for undefined/null (assume modern git)', (t) => {
+			assert.strictEqual(GitOld.isVersionAtLeast(undefined, '2.23'), true)
+			assert.strictEqual(GitOld.isVersionAtLeast(null, '2.23'), true)
+			assert.strictEqual(GitOld.isVersionAtLeast('', '2.23'), true)
+		})
+	})
 })