diff --git a/src/main/git/status.test.ts b/src/main/git/status.test.ts
index cc2ec016960..285bfd78ea2 100644
--- a/src/main/git/status.test.ts
+++ b/src/main/git/status.test.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const {
   lstatMock,
   realpathMock,
   readFileMock,
+  statMock,
   rmMock,
   existsSyncMock
 } = vi.hoisted(() => ({
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ const {
   lstatMock: vi.fn(),
   realpathMock: vi.fn(),
   readFileMock: vi.fn(),
+  statMock: vi.fn(),
   rmMock: vi.fn(),
   existsSyncMock: vi.fn()
 }))
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ vi.mock('fs/promises', () => ({
   lstat: lstatMock,
   realpath: realpathMock,
   readFile: readFileMock,
+  stat: statMock,
   rm: rmMock
 }))
 
@@ -252,7 +255,12 @@ describe('getDiff', () => {
     gitExecFileAsyncBufferMock.mockReset()
     lstatMock.mockReset()
     readFileMock.mockReset()
+    statMock.mockReset()
     existsSyncMock.mockReset()
+    statMock.mockResolvedValue({
+      isFile: () => true,
+      size: 12
+    })
   })
 
   it('uses the index as the left side for unstaged diffs when present', async () => {
@@ -318,6 +326,21 @@ describe('getDiff', () => {
     expect(result.modifiedIsBinary).toBe(false)
   })
 
+  it('does not read oversized working-tree files into memory', async () => {
+    gitExecFileAsyncBufferMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({ stdout: Buffer.from('index-content\n') })
+    statMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({
+      isFile: () => true,
+      size: 10 * 1024 * 1024 + 1
+    })
+
+    const result = await getDiff('/repo', 'dist/large.log', false)
+
+    expect(readFileMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled()
+    expect(result.kind).toBe('binary')
+    expect(result.modifiedIsBinary).toBe(true)
+    expect(result.modifiedContent).toBe('')
+  })
+
   it('includes preview metadata for pdf diffs', async () => {
     const pdfBuffer = Buffer.from([0x25, 0x50, 0x44, 0x46, 0x00])
     gitExecFileAsyncBufferMock.mockResolvedValueOnce({ stdout: pdfBuffer })
diff --git a/src/main/git/status.ts b/src/main/git/status.ts
index 3883c9407d3..891b231087d 100644
--- a/src/main/git/status.ts
+++ b/src/main/git/status.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable max-lines */
 import { existsSync } from 'fs'
-import { readFile } from 'fs/promises'
+import { readFile, stat } from 'fs/promises'
 import * as path from 'path'
 import type {
   GitBranchChangeEntry,
@@ -950,6 +950,15 @@ async function readGitBlobAtOidPath(
 
 async function readWorkingTreeFile(filePath: string): Promise<GitBlobReadResult> {
   try {
+    const fileStat = await stat(filePath)
+    if (!fileStat.isFile()) {
+      return { content: '', isBinary: false, exists: false }
+    }
+    if (fileStat.size > MAX_GIT_SHOW_BYTES) {
+      // Why: git blob reads are capped through maxBuffer; mirror that bound for
+      // unstaged working-tree content before readFile can pull in huge assets.
+      return { content: '', isBinary: true, exists: true }
+    }
     const buffer = await readFile(filePath)
     return bufferToBlob(buffer, filePath)
   } catch {