diff --git a/git/git_push_stats.sh b/git/git_push_stats.sh
index 38db06db966..7395a289edd 100755
--- a/git/git_push_stats.sh
+++ b/git/git_push_stats.sh
@@ -41,23 +41,19 @@ help_usage "$@"
 
 num_commits="$("$srcdir/git_origin_commits_to_push.sh")"
 
+num_lines_diff="$("$srcdir/git_origin_diff_to_push.sh" | wc -l | sed 's/[[:space:]]*//g')"
+
 # delete the last line of diff only if it's blank,
 # so that when there is nothing to push we get 0 instead of 1 line as the result
-num_diff_lines="$(
-    "$srcdir/git_origin_diff_to_push.sh" --unified=0 |
-    sed -n '/^[+-]/ {/^\(---\|+++\)/!p}' |
-    sed '$ { /^[[:space:]]*$/d }' |
-    wc -l |
-    sed 's/[[:space:]]*//g'
-)"
+num_lines_changed="$("$srcdir/git_origin_lines_changed_to_push.sh")"
 
 cat <<EOF
 Stats for Push to Origin
 
 Number of Commits: $num_commits
 
-Number of Lines Changed: $num_diff_lines
+Number of Lines Changed: $num_lines_changed
 
-(lines actually added / changed / removed without surrounding context lines)
+Number of Lines Diff: $num_lines_diff
 
 EOF