diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_commands/repo_paths.go b/pkg/commands/git_commands/repo_paths.go
index 1fdc016d8..13cda86a4 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_commands/repo_paths.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_commands/repo_paths.go
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ func linkedWorktreeGitDirPath(fs afero.Fs, worktreePath string) (string, error)
 
 	gitDir := strings.TrimPrefix(gitDirLine[0], "gitdir: ")
 
+	gitDir = filepath.Clean(gitDir)
 	// For windows support
 	gitDir = filepath.ToSlash(gitDir)
 
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ func getCurrentRepoGitDirPath(
 
 	// If this error causes issues, we could relax the constraint and just always
 	// return the path
-	return "", "", errors.Errorf("could not find git dir for %s: path is not under `worktrees` or `modules` directories", currentPath)
+	return "", "", errors.Errorf("could not find git dir for %s: the path '%s' is not under `worktrees` or `modules` directories", currentPath, worktreeGitPath)
 }
 
 // takes a path containing a symlink and returns the true path
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_commands/repo_paths_test.go b/pkg/commands/git_commands/repo_paths_test.go
index 6533b733d..5e6275522 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_commands/repo_paths_test.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_commands/repo_paths_test.go
@@ -55,6 +55,24 @@ func TestGetRepoPathsAux(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			Err: nil,
 		},
+		{
+			Name: "worktree with trailing separator in path",
+			BeforeFunc: func(fs afero.Fs) {
+				// setup for linked worktree
+				_ = fs.MkdirAll("/path/to/repo/.git/worktrees/worktree1", 0o755)
+				_ = afero.WriteFile(fs, "/path/to/repo/worktree1/.git", []byte("gitdir: /path/to/repo/.git/worktrees/worktree1/"), 0o644)
+			},
+			Path: "/path/to/repo/worktree1",
+			Expected: &RepoPaths{
+				currentPath:        "/path/to/repo/worktree1",
+				worktreePath:       "/path/to/repo/worktree1",
+				worktreeGitDirPath: "/path/to/repo/.git/worktrees/worktree1",
+				repoPath:           "/path/to/repo",
+				repoGitDirPath:     "/path/to/repo/.git",
+				repoName:           "repo",
+			},
+			Err: nil,
+		},
 		{
 			Name: "worktree .git file missing gitdir directive",
 			BeforeFunc: func(fs afero.Fs) {
@@ -117,7 +135,7 @@ func TestGetRepoPathsAux(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			Path:     "/path/to/repo/my/submodule1",
 			Expected: nil,
-			Err:      errors.New("failed to get repo git dir path: could not find git dir for /path/to/repo/my/submodule1: path is not under `worktrees` or `modules` directories"),
+			Err:      errors.New("failed to get repo git dir path: could not find git dir for /path/to/repo/my/submodule1: the path '/random/submodule1' is not under `worktrees` or `modules` directories"),
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/commands/git_commands/worktree_loader_test.go b/pkg/commands/git_commands/worktree_loader_test.go
index 7f805b1b9..12b308074 100644
--- a/pkg/commands/git_commands/worktree_loader_test.go
+++ b/pkg/commands/git_commands/worktree_loader_test.go
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ branch refs/heads/mybranch-worktree
 				assert.EqualError(t, errors.New(s.expectedErr), err.Error())
 			} else {
 				assert.NoError(t, err)
-				assert.EqualValues(t, worktrees, s.expectedWorktrees)
+				assert.EqualValues(t, s.expectedWorktrees, worktrees)
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/utils/formatting_test.go b/pkg/utils/formatting_test.go
index 2de282311..b1777911b 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/formatting_test.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/formatting_test.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func TestGetPadWidths(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		output := getPadWidths(test.input)
-		assert.EqualValues(t, output, test.expected)
+		assert.EqualValues(t, test.expected, output)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -217,6 +217,6 @@ func TestRenderDisplayStrings(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		output := RenderDisplayStrings(test.input, test.columnAlignments)
-		assert.EqualValues(t, output, test.expected)
+		assert.EqualValues(t, test.expected, output)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/utils/rebase_todo_test.go b/pkg/utils/rebase_todo_test.go
index a9bcb574b..40f44a3cb 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/rebase_todo_test.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/rebase_todo_test.go
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ func TestRebaseCommands_moveFixupCommitDown(t *testing.T) {
 				assert.EqualError(t, actualErr, scenario.expectedErr.Error())
 			}
 
-			assert.EqualValues(t, actualTodos, scenario.expectedTodos)
+			assert.EqualValues(t, scenario.expectedTodos, actualTodos)
 		})
 	}
 }