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The file search (paneFiles) and path lookup (filesNamed) build their inventory with git ls-files.
Both calls now follow the same policy server/repo-diff.ts already uses for the diff view:

• Inherited GIT_DIR, GIT_WORK_TREE, GIT_INDEX_FILE, GIT_COMMON_DIR, GIT_EXTERNAL_DIFF and
  GIT_PAGER are dropped, and GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT=0, GIT_OPTIONAL_LOCKS=0 and LC_ALL=C are set. A server
  started from inside another repository (a hook, a test runner) still lists the folder it was asked about.
• git runs from an argv with stdin ignored, --no-pager, --no-optional-locks,
  --literal-pathspecs and -c core.fsmonitor= (empty), so a repository's fsmonitor hook never runs.
  An empty value is off on every git: git 2.16 to 2.35 read core.fsmonitor=false as a hook path and
  ran a program named false from PATH. The user's Git config is not changed.
• Byte and time policy: a listing may print at most 16 MiB (GIT_LIST_MAX_BYTES) and run for at
  most 3 s (GIT_LIST_DEADLINE_MS, the deadline that was already there). The async inventory reads
  stdout chunk by chunk. Past the cap or the deadline it kills git and cancels its reader, so a
  process git left holding stdout cannot hold the request. The sync lookup gives the same cap and
  deadline to Bun.spawnSync (maxBuffer, timeout).
• Overflow, timeout, a failed spawn and a nonzero exit all count as no listing, and the existing
  bounded folder walk answers instead. So does a listing that exits 0 but whose last name has no
  final NUL: it was cut short, so none of it is used. A listing is split only after it has been read
  whole and found complete, so a name that was cut off is never returned. Sorting, the cache and the entry limits are unchanged.
  No API, wire shape or UI text changes.
• server/repo-diff.ts (Files → Changes) gets the same two fixes: it drops an inherited
  GIT_COMMON_DIR (with it set, git read the other repository's objects, config and info/exclude,
  and the Changes view failed with "bad object HEAD"), and it passes -c core.fsmonitor= instead of
  the core.fsmonitor=false it has shipped since v0.4.9. This has its own changelog entry.

No Agent of Empires code was adapted. This reuses the existing server/repo-diff.ts patterns, so
THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md is unchanged.

Validation

• New tests in server/files.test.ts cover both entry points:

  • inherited repository variables, in a child process started with them;
  • the spawn options both subprocess APIs receive (argv, environment, cap, deadline);
  • a real local core.fsmonitor hook, which writes no sentinel and leaves .git/config unchanged;
  • cap-1 and cap byte listings accepted whole, and cap+1 falling back without a partial name;
  • a listing without its final NUL (ghost-partial, and a whole name followed by
    ghost-partial) that exits 0: both inventories fall back, and no part of it is returned;
  • a stand-in git that exits 0 while a holder it started keeps stdout open. The holder waits on a
    FIFO and not on a timer. A FIFO watcher started before the lookup reports the holder's readiness
    and then its real exit, and git's own exit comes from its subprocess. Both inventories settle
    within the deadline plus 1 s while the holder still holds stdout, and teardown kills the holder
    and waits, bounded, for its exit.
  • an inherited GIT_COMMON_DIR pointing at a foreign repository whose info/exclude and
    core.excludesFile would hide files (one nested past the folder walk's depth): both
    inventories still list them;
  • a false stand-in first on PATH that never runs.

• New tests in server/repo-diff.test.ts:

  • an inherited GIT_COMMON_DIR (a foreign repository with no commits whose info/exclude hides
    b.txt) leaves the Changes list, its HEAD and the a.txt patch unchanged;
  • the same false stand-in on PATH never runs, and every argv repo-diff hands Bun.spawn
    carries -c core.fsmonitor= and never core.fsmonitor=false.

  All of them fail on the previous code. The PATH stand-in tests catch the old =false value only
  on git 2.35 or older (checked with Ubuntu's git 2.34.1); on newer git the argv checks catch it.

• bun test ./server/files.test.ts ./server/file-view.test.ts: 48 pass.

• bun test ./server/files.test.ts ./server/repo-diff.test.ts: 40 pass on git 2.43 and on git 2.34.1.

• bun run check fast: all steps pass (5825 unit tests, 0 fail).

• bun run check run --build bun scripts/files-prompt-regression.ts on an isolated herdr: 8/8
  scenarios pass.

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• Bug Fixes
  • Improved file search and path lookup reliability in large or unusual Git repositories.
  • Searches now fall back to scanning folders when Git inventory data is unavailable, incomplete, too large, or takes too long to respond.
  • Added safeguards against searches hanging indefinitely or consuming excessive resources.
  • Git settings and inherited repository variables no longer interfere with file discovery or repository change results.
  • Files → Changes no longer runs a false executable found on the system path with older Git versions.

Git file inventory now uses bounded Git listings for asynchronous search and synchronous path lookup. It rejects failed, oversized, timed-out, or incomplete listings. Repository diff commands also remove inherited Git common-directory settings and disable fsmonitor without invoking a PATH hook.

Changes: Git file inventory

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Bounded Git inventory server/files.ts	Asynchronous and synchronous inventory calls share configurable time and output limits, sanitized Git settings, and NUL-termination checks. Rejected listings return no Git results so callers can fall back to filesystem walking.
Inventory isolation and validation server/files.test.ts, changelog.d/file-inventory-git-bounds.md	Tests cover inherited Git variables, fsmonitor hooks, listing limits, unterminated output, and deadlines when a descendant keeps stdout open. The changelog describes inventory limits and the repository-diff behavior.

Repository diff isolation

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Repository diff process settings server/repo-diff.ts, server/repo-diff.test.ts	Git commands remove inherited GIT_COMMON_DIR and set core.fsmonitor to an empty value. Tests check the requested repository’s listing and patch results and confirm a PATH hook does not run.

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