1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/git/cmd.py b/git/cmd.py
index 3fc616f5..c43fac56 100644
--- a/git/cmd.py
+++ b/git/cmd.py
@@ -196,16 +196,19 @@ class Git(LazyMixin):
         return is_cygwin_git(cls.GIT_PYTHON_GIT_EXECUTABLE)
 
     @classmethod
-    def polish_url(cls, url):
-        if cls.is_cygwin():
+    def polish_url(cls, url, is_cygwin=None):
+        if is_cygwin is None:
+            is_cygwin = cls.is_cygwin()
+
+        if is_cygwin:
+            url = cygpath(url)
+        else:
             """Remove any backslahes from urls to be written in config files.
 
             Windows might create config-files containing paths with backslashed,
             but git stops liking them as it will escape the backslashes.
             Hence we undo the escaping just to be sure.
             """
-            url = cygpath(url)
-        else:
             url = url.replace("\\\\", "\\").replace("\\", "/")
 
         return url