diff --git a/crates/tty7-gateway/src/serve.rs b/crates/tty7-gateway/src/serve.rs
index 3c5c6988..9933a977 100644
--- a/crates/tty7-gateway/src/serve.rs
+++ b/crates/tty7-gateway/src/serve.rs
@@ -343,10 +343,13 @@ fn read_diff(cwd: &str) -> io::Result<Diff> {
     let truncated = out.stdout.len() > MAX_DIFF;
     let mut patch = out.stdout;
     patch.truncate(MAX_DIFF);
+    // A new directory is one entry, as `git status` shows it, not every
+    // file under it: a generated folder would bury the rest.
     let untracked = git(&[
         "ls-files",
         "--others",
         "--exclude-standard",
+        "--directory",
         "--full-name",
         ":/",
     ])?;
diff --git a/crates/tty7-gateway/tests/bridge.rs b/crates/tty7-gateway/tests/bridge.rs
index 8a97ec0b..75aaf56d 100644
--- a/crates/tty7-gateway/tests/bridge.rs
+++ b/crates/tty7-gateway/tests/bridge.rs
@@ -583,12 +583,19 @@ async fn a_paired_phone_reads_a_working_trees_changes() {
     run(&["commit", "-qm", "first"]);
     std::fs::write(repo.join("src/a.txt"), "one\ntwo\n").unwrap();
     std::fs::write(repo.join("new.txt"), "hi\n").unwrap();
+    std::fs::create_dir_all(repo.join("made/deep")).unwrap();
+    std::fs::write(repo.join("made/deep/x.txt"), "x\n").unwrap();
+    std::fs::write(repo.join("made/y.txt"), "y\n").unwrap();
 
     // Asked from a directory inside the repository, as a pane's cwd often is.
     let cwd = repo.join("src").to_string_lossy().into_owned();
     let diff = within(session.diff(None, &cwd)).await.unwrap();
     assert!(diff.patch.contains("+two"), "{}", diff.patch);
-    assert_eq!(diff.untracked, vec!["new.txt".to_string()]);
+    // A new directory comes as itself, not as each file in it.
+    assert_eq!(
+        diff.untracked,
+        vec!["made/".to_string(), "new.txt".to_string()]
+    );
     assert!(!diff.truncated);
 
     let err = within(session.diff(None, &std::env::temp_dir().to_string_lossy()))
diff --git a/mobile/src/main.ts b/mobile/src/main.ts
index 8fa2d75d..acb2c333 100644
--- a/mobile/src/main.ts
+++ b/mobile/src/main.ts
@@ -1899,7 +1899,20 @@ function renderDiff(d: api.Diff): Node[] {
     out.push(
       section(
         `Not tracked yet · ${d.untracked.length}`,
-        ...d.untracked.slice(0, 200).map((p) => h("div", { class: "row choice static" }, h("span", { class: "row-title diff-name" }, p))),
+        ...d.untracked.slice(0, 200).map((p) => {
+          // A name to read and where it is, as the folder lists say it; a
+          // new directory keeps its slash.
+          const dir = p.endsWith("/");
+          const parts = p.replace(/\/$/, "").split("/");
+          const leaf = parts.pop() + (dir ? "/" : "");
+          return h(
+            "div",
+            { class: "row choice static" },
+            h("span", { class: "row-title" }, leaf),
+            // The end of the folder is the part that tells them apart.
+            parts.length > 0 && h("span", { class: "row-meta" }, parts.length > 2 ? `…/${parts.slice(-2).join("/")}` : parts.join("/")),
+          );
+        }),
       ),
     );
   }