diff --git a/web/src/client/components/git-status-badge.ts b/web/src/client/components/git-status-badge.ts
index 16e9790e..ad984336 100644
--- a/web/src/client/components/git-status-badge.ts
+++ b/web/src/client/components/git-status-badge.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  * Shows counts for modified, untracked, staged files, and ahead/behind commits.
  */
 import { html, LitElement } from 'lit';
-import { customElement, property, state } from 'lit/decorators.js';
+import { customElement, property } from 'lit/decorators.js';
 import type { Session } from '../../shared/types.js';
 
 @customElement('git-status-badge')
@@ -17,47 +17,6 @@ export class GitStatusBadge extends LitElement {
 
   @property({ type: Object }) session: Session | null = null;
   @property({ type: Boolean }) detailed = false; // Show detailed breakdown
-  @property({ type: Number }) pollInterval = 5000; // Poll every 5 seconds
-
-  @state() private _isPolling = false;
-  @state() private _gitModifiedCount = 0;
-  @state() private _gitUntrackedCount = 0;
-  @state() private _gitStagedCount = 0;
-  @state() private _gitAheadCount = 0;
-  @state() private _gitBehindCount = 0;
-
-  private _pollTimer?: number;
-  private _visibilityHandler?: () => void;
-
-  connectedCallback() {
-    super.connectedCallback();
-
-    // Set up visibility change listener
-    this._visibilityHandler = () => {
-      if (!document.hidden) {
-        this._startPolling();
-      } else {
-        this._stopPolling();
-      }
-    };
-
-    document.addEventListener('visibilitychange', this._visibilityHandler);
-
-    // Start polling if page is visible and we have a session
-    if (!document.hidden && this.session?.id) {
-      this._startPolling();
-    }
-  }
-
-  disconnectedCallback() {
-    super.disconnectedCallback();
-
-    // Clean up
-    this._stopPolling();
-    if (this._visibilityHandler) {
-      document.removeEventListener('visibilitychange', this._visibilityHandler);
-    }
-  }
 
   updated(changedProperties: Map<string, unknown>) {
     super.updated(changedProperties);
@@ -75,75 +34,6 @@ export class GitStatusBadge extends LitElement {
           newId: this.session?.id,
         });
       }
-
-      // Initialize internal state from session
-      if (this.session) {
-        this._gitModifiedCount = this.session.gitModifiedCount ?? 0;
-        this._gitUntrackedCount = this.session.gitUntrackedCount ?? 0;
-        this._gitStagedCount = this.session.gitStagedCount ?? 0;
-        this._gitAheadCount = this.session.gitAheadCount ?? 0;
-        this._gitBehindCount = this.session.gitBehindCount ?? 0;
-      }
-
-      if (this.session?.id && !document.hidden) {
-        this._startPolling();
-      } else {
-        this._stopPolling();
-      }
-    }
-
-    // Handle poll interval changes
-    if (changedProperties.has('pollInterval') && this._isPolling) {
-      this._stopPolling();
-      this._startPolling();
-    }
-  }
-
-  private async _startPolling() {
-    if (this._isPolling || !this.session?.id) return;
-
-    this._isPolling = true;
-
-    // Initial fetch
-    await this._updateGitStatus();
-
-    // Set up periodic polling
-    this._pollTimer = window.setInterval(() => {
-      if (!document.hidden && this.session?.id) {
-        this._updateGitStatus();
-      }
-    }, this.pollInterval);
-  }
-
-  private _stopPolling() {
-    this._isPolling = false;
-
-    if (this._pollTimer) {
-      window.clearInterval(this._pollTimer);
-      this._pollTimer = undefined;
-    }
-  }
-
-  private async _updateGitStatus() {
-    if (!this.session?.id) return;
-
-    try {
-      const response = await fetch(`/api/sessions/${this.session.id}/git-status`);
-      if (!response.ok) return;
-
-      const status = await response.json();
-
-      // Update internal state instead of modifying the session object
-      this._gitModifiedCount = status.modified || 0;
-      this._gitUntrackedCount = status.untracked || 0;
-      this._gitStagedCount = status.added || 0;
-      this._gitAheadCount = status.ahead || 0;
-      this._gitBehindCount = status.behind || 0;
-
-      // State updates will trigger re-render automatically
-    } catch (error) {
-      // Silently ignore errors to avoid disrupting the UI
-      console.debug('Failed to update git status:', error);
     }
   }
 
@@ -155,9 +45,12 @@ export class GitStatusBadge extends LitElement {
     }
 
     const _hasLocalChanges =
-      this._gitModifiedCount > 0 || this._gitUntrackedCount > 0 || this._gitStagedCount > 0;
+      (this.session?.gitModifiedCount ?? 0) > 0 ||
+      (this.session?.gitUntrackedCount ?? 0) > 0 ||
+      (this.session?.gitStagedCount ?? 0) > 0;
 
-    const _hasRemoteChanges = this._gitAheadCount > 0 || this._gitBehindCount > 0;
+    const _hasRemoteChanges =
+      (this.session?.gitAheadCount ?? 0) > 0 || (this.session?.gitBehindCount ?? 0) > 0;
 
     // Always show the badge when in a Git repository
     // Even if there are no changes, users want to see the branch name
@@ -186,9 +79,9 @@ export class GitStatusBadge extends LitElement {
   private renderLocalChanges() {
     if (!this.session) return null;
 
-    const modifiedCount = this._gitModifiedCount;
-    const untrackedCount = this._gitUntrackedCount;
-    const stagedCount = this._gitStagedCount;
+    const modifiedCount = this.session?.gitModifiedCount ?? 0;
+    const untrackedCount = this.session?.gitUntrackedCount ?? 0;
+    const stagedCount = this.session?.gitStagedCount ?? 0;
     const totalChanges = modifiedCount + untrackedCount + stagedCount;
 
     if (totalChanges === 0 && !this.detailed) return null;
@@ -239,8 +132,8 @@ export class GitStatusBadge extends LitElement {
   private renderRemoteChanges() {
     if (!this.session) return null;
 
-    const aheadCount = this._gitAheadCount;
-    const behindCount = this._gitBehindCount;
+    const aheadCount = this.session?.gitAheadCount ?? 0;
+    const behindCount = this.session?.gitBehindCount ?? 0;
 
     if (aheadCount === 0 && behindCount === 0) return null;
 
diff --git a/web/src/client/components/session-view/connection-manager.ts b/web/src/client/components/session-view/connection-manager.ts
index 4e7a1151..3eef3db3 100644
--- a/web/src/client/components/session-view/connection-manager.ts
+++ b/web/src/client/components/session-view/connection-manager.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export interface StreamConnection {
   disconnect: () => void;
   errorHandler?: EventListener;
   sessionExitHandler?: EventListener;
+  sessionUpdateHandler?: EventListener;
 }
 
 export class ConnectionManager {
@@ -87,6 +88,38 @@ export class ConnectionManager {
 
     this.terminal.addEventListener('session-exit', handleSessionExit);
 
+    // Listen for session-update events from SSE (git status updates)
+    const handleSessionUpdate = (event: MessageEvent) => {
+      try {
+        const data = JSON.parse(event.data);
+        logger.debug('Received session-update event:', data);
+
+        if (
+          data.type === 'git-status-update' &&
+          this.session &&
+          data.sessionId === this.session.id
+        ) {
+          // Update session with new git status
+          const updatedSession = {
+            ...this.session,
+            gitModifiedCount: data.gitModifiedCount,
+            gitUntrackedCount: data.gitUntrackedCount,
+            gitStagedCount: data.gitStagedCount,
+            gitAheadCount: data.gitAheadCount,
+            gitBehindCount: data.gitBehindCount,
+          };
+
+          this.session = updatedSession;
+          this.onSessionUpdate(updatedSession);
+        }
+      } catch (error) {
+        logger.error('Failed to parse session-update event:', error);
+      }
+    };
+
+    // Add named event listener for session-update events
+    connection.eventSource.addEventListener('session-update', handleSessionUpdate);
+
     // Wrap the connection to track reconnections
     const originalEventSource = connection.eventSource;
     let lastErrorTime = 0;
@@ -134,6 +167,7 @@ export class ConnectionManager {
       ...connection,
       errorHandler: handleError as EventListener,
       sessionExitHandler: handleSessionExit as EventListener,
+      sessionUpdateHandler: handleSessionUpdate as EventListener,
     };
   }
 
@@ -146,6 +180,14 @@ export class ConnectionManager {
         this.terminal.removeEventListener('session-exit', this.streamConnection.sessionExitHandler);
       }
 
+      // Remove session-update event listener if it exists
+      if (this.streamConnection.sessionUpdateHandler && this.streamConnection.eventSource) {
+        this.streamConnection.eventSource.removeEventListener(
+          'session-update',
+          this.streamConnection.sessionUpdateHandler
+        );
+      }
+
       this.streamConnection.disconnect();
       this.streamConnection = null;
     }
diff --git a/web/src/server/routes/sessions.ts b/web/src/server/routes/sessions.ts
index 90415348..ec57b487 100644
--- a/web/src/server/routes/sessions.ts
+++ b/web/src/server/routes/sessions.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import type { RemoteRegistry } from '../services/remote-registry.js';
 import type { StreamWatcher } from '../services/stream-watcher.js';
 import type { TerminalManager } from '../services/terminal-manager.js';
 import { detectGitInfo } from '../utils/git-info.js';
+import { getDetailedGitStatus } from '../utils/git-status.js';
 import { createLogger } from '../utils/logger.js';
 import { resolveAbsolutePath } from '../utils/path-utils.js';
 import { generateSessionName } from '../utils/session-naming.js';
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ import { createControlMessage, type TerminalSpawnResponse } from '../websocket/c
 import { controlUnixHandler } from '../websocket/control-unix-handler.js';
 
 const logger = createLogger('sessions');
-const execFile = promisify(require('child_process').execFile);
+const _execFile = promisify(require('child_process').execFile);
 
 interface SessionRoutesConfig {
   ptyManager: PtyManager;
@@ -440,93 +441,6 @@ export function createSessionRoutes(config: SessionRoutesConfig): Router {
     }
   });
 
-  /**
-   * Get detailed git status including file counts
-   */
-  async function getDetailedGitStatus(workingDir: string) {
-    try {
-      const { stdout: statusOutput } = await execFile(
-        'git',
-        ['status', '--porcelain=v1', '--branch'],
-        {
-          cwd: workingDir,
-          timeout: 5000,
-          env: { ...process.env, GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT: '0' },
-        }
-      );
-
-      const lines = statusOutput.trim().split('\n');
-      const branchLine = lines[0];
-
-      let aheadCount = 0;
-      let behindCount = 0;
-      let modifiedCount = 0;
-      let untrackedCount = 0;
-      let stagedCount = 0;
-      let deletedCount = 0;
-
-      // Parse branch line for ahead/behind info
-      if (branchLine?.startsWith('##')) {
-        const aheadMatch = branchLine.match(/\[ahead (\d+)/);
-        const behindMatch = branchLine.match(/behind (\d+)/);
-
-        if (aheadMatch) {
-          aheadCount = Number.parseInt(aheadMatch[1], 10);
-        }
-        if (behindMatch) {
-          behindCount = Number.parseInt(behindMatch[1], 10);
-        }
-      }
-
-      // Process status lines (skip the branch line)
-      const statusLines = lines.slice(1);
-
-      for (const line of statusLines) {
-        if (line.length < 2) continue;
-
-        const indexStatus = line[0];
-        const workTreeStatus = line[1];
-
-        // Staged changes
-        if (indexStatus !== ' ' && indexStatus !== '?') {
-          stagedCount++;
-        }
-
-        // Working tree changes
-        if (workTreeStatus === 'M') {
-          modifiedCount++;
-        } else if (workTreeStatus === 'D' && indexStatus === ' ') {
-          // Deleted in working tree but not staged
-          deletedCount++;
-        }
-
-        // Untracked files
-        if (indexStatus === '?' && workTreeStatus === '?') {
-          untrackedCount++;
-        }
-      }
-
-      return {
-        modified: modifiedCount,
-        untracked: untrackedCount,
-        added: stagedCount,
-        deleted: deletedCount,
-        ahead: aheadCount,
-        behind: behindCount,
-      };
-    } catch (error) {
-      logger.debug(`Could not get detailed git status: ${error}`);
-      return {
-        modified: 0,
-        untracked: 0,
-        added: 0,
-        deleted: 0,
-        ahead: 0,
-        behind: 0,
-      };
-    }
-  }
-
   // Get git status for a specific session
   router.get('/sessions/:sessionId/git-status', async (req, res) => {
     const sessionId = req.params.sessionId;
diff --git a/web/src/server/services/git-watcher.ts b/web/src/server/services/git-watcher.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e76cf935
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/server/services/git-watcher.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+/**
+ * Git File Watcher Service
+ *
+ * Monitors git repositories for file changes and broadcasts git status updates via SSE.
+ * Simply watches for any file system changes and lets Git determine what's important.
+ */
+
+import * as chokidar from 'chokidar';
+import type { Response } from 'express';
+import { type GitStatusCounts, getDetailedGitStatus } from '../utils/git-status.js';
+import { createLogger } from '../utils/logger.js';
+
+const logger = createLogger('git-watcher');
+
+interface WatcherInfo {
+  watcher: chokidar.FSWatcher;
+  sessionId: string;
+  workingDir: string;
+  gitRepoPath: string;
+  lastStatus?: GitStatusCounts;
+  debounceTimer?: NodeJS.Timeout;
+  clients: Set<Response>;
+}
+
+export class GitWatcher {
+  private watchers = new Map<string, WatcherInfo>();
+
+  /**
+   * Start watching git repository for a session
+   */
+  startWatching(sessionId: string, workingDir: string, gitRepoPath: string): void {
+    // Don't create duplicate watchers
+    if (this.watchers.has(sessionId)) {
+      logger.debug(`Git watcher already exists for session ${sessionId}`);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    logger.debug(`Starting git watcher for session ${sessionId} at ${gitRepoPath}`);
+
+    // Watch the repository root, but ignore performance-killing directories
+    const watcher = chokidar.watch(gitRepoPath, {
+      ignoreInitial: true,
+      ignored: [
+        // Ignore directories that would kill performance
+        '**/node_modules/**',
+        '**/.git/objects/**', // Git's object database - huge and changes don't matter
+        '**/.git/logs/**', // Git's log files - not relevant for status
+        '**/dist/**',
+        '**/build/**',
+        '**/.next/**',
+        '**/coverage/**',
+        '**/.turbo/**',
+        '**/*.log',
+      ],
+      // Don't follow symlinks to avoid infinite loops
+      followSymlinks: false,
+      // Use native events for better performance
+      usePolling: false,
+      // Optimize for performance
+      awaitWriteFinish: {
+        stabilityThreshold: 200,
+        pollInterval: 100,
+      },
+    });
+
+    const watcherInfo: WatcherInfo = {
+      watcher,
+      sessionId,
+      workingDir,
+      gitRepoPath,
+      clients: new Set(),
+    };
+
+    // Handle any file system change
+    const handleChange = (changedPath: string, eventType: string) => {
+      // Only log significant events to reduce noise
+      const isGitFile = changedPath.includes('.git');
+      if (isGitFile || eventType !== 'change') {
+        logger.debug(`Git watcher event for session ${sessionId}: ${eventType} ${changedPath}`);
+      }
+
+      // Clear existing debounce timer
+      if (watcherInfo.debounceTimer) {
+        clearTimeout(watcherInfo.debounceTimer);
+      }
+
+      // Debounce rapid changes
+      watcherInfo.debounceTimer = setTimeout(() => {
+        this.checkAndBroadcastStatus(watcherInfo);
+      }, 300);
+    };
+
+    // Listen to all events
+    watcher.on('all', (eventType, path) => handleChange(path, eventType));
+
+    watcher.on('error', (error) => {
+      logger.error(`Git watcher error for session ${sessionId}:`, error);
+    });
+
+    this.watchers.set(sessionId, watcherInfo);
+
+    // Get initial status
+    this.checkAndBroadcastStatus(watcherInfo);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Add a client to receive git status updates
+   */
+  addClient(sessionId: string, client: Response): void {
+    const watcherInfo = this.watchers.get(sessionId);
+    if (!watcherInfo) {
+      logger.debug(`No git watcher found for session ${sessionId}`);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    watcherInfo.clients.add(client);
+    logger.debug(
+      `Added SSE client to git watcher for session ${sessionId} (${watcherInfo.clients.size} total)`
+    );
+
+    // Send current status to new client
+    if (watcherInfo.lastStatus) {
+      this.sendStatusUpdate(client, sessionId, watcherInfo.lastStatus);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Remove a client from git status updates
+   */
+  removeClient(sessionId: string, client: Response): void {
+    const watcherInfo = this.watchers.get(sessionId);
+    if (!watcherInfo) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    watcherInfo.clients.delete(client);
+    logger.debug(
+      `Removed SSE client from git watcher for session ${sessionId} (${watcherInfo.clients.size} remaining)`
+    );
+
+    // If no more clients, stop watching
+    if (watcherInfo.clients.size === 0) {
+      this.stopWatching(sessionId);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Stop watching git directory for a session
+   */
+  stopWatching(sessionId: string): void {
+    const watcherInfo = this.watchers.get(sessionId);
+    if (!watcherInfo) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    logger.debug(`Stopping git watcher for session ${sessionId}`);
+
+    // Clear debounce timer
+    if (watcherInfo.debounceTimer) {
+      clearTimeout(watcherInfo.debounceTimer);
+    }
+
+    // Close watcher
+    watcherInfo.watcher.close();
+
+    // Remove from map
+    this.watchers.delete(sessionId);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Check git status and broadcast if changed
+   */
+  private async checkAndBroadcastStatus(watcherInfo: WatcherInfo): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      const status = await getDetailedGitStatus(watcherInfo.workingDir);
+
+      // Check if status has changed
+      if (this.hasStatusChanged(watcherInfo.lastStatus, status)) {
+        logger.debug(`Git status changed for session ${watcherInfo.sessionId}:`, status);
+        watcherInfo.lastStatus = status;
+
+        // Broadcast to all clients
+        this.broadcastStatusUpdate(watcherInfo, status);
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      logger.error(`Failed to get git status for session ${watcherInfo.sessionId}:`, error);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Check if git status has changed
+   */
+  private hasStatusChanged(
+    oldStatus: GitStatusCounts | undefined,
+    newStatus: GitStatusCounts
+  ): boolean {
+    if (!oldStatus) return true;
+
+    return (
+      oldStatus.modified !== newStatus.modified ||
+      oldStatus.untracked !== newStatus.untracked ||
+      oldStatus.staged !== newStatus.staged ||
+      oldStatus.ahead !== newStatus.ahead ||
+      oldStatus.behind !== newStatus.behind
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Broadcast status update to all clients
+   */
+  private broadcastStatusUpdate(watcherInfo: WatcherInfo, status: GitStatusCounts): void {
+    for (const client of watcherInfo.clients) {
+      this.sendStatusUpdate(client, watcherInfo.sessionId, status);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Send status update to a specific client
+   */
+  private sendStatusUpdate(client: Response, sessionId: string, status: GitStatusCounts): void {
+    try {
+      const event = {
+        type: 'git-status-update',
+        sessionId,
+        gitModifiedCount: status.modified,
+        gitUntrackedCount: status.untracked,
+        gitStagedCount: status.staged,
+        gitAheadCount: status.ahead,
+        gitBehindCount: status.behind,
+      };
+
+      client.write(`event: session-update\ndata: ${JSON.stringify(event)}\n\n`);
+    } catch (error) {
+      logger.error(`Failed to send git status update to client:`, error);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Clean up all watchers
+   */
+  cleanup(): void {
+    logger.debug('Cleaning up all git watchers');
+    for (const [sessionId] of this.watchers) {
+      this.stopWatching(sessionId);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// Export singleton instance
+export const gitWatcher = new GitWatcher();
diff --git a/web/src/server/services/stream-watcher.ts b/web/src/server/services/stream-watcher.ts
index ec09a7ab..03701897 100644
--- a/web/src/server/services/stream-watcher.ts
+++ b/web/src/server/services/stream-watcher.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   findLastPrunePoint,
   logPruningDetection,
 } from '../utils/pruning-detector.js';
+import { gitWatcher } from './git-watcher.js';
 
 const logger = createLogger('stream-watcher');
 
@@ -217,9 +218,15 @@ export class StreamWatcher {
 
       // Start watching for new content
       this.startWatching(sessionId, streamPath, watcherInfo);
+
+      // Start git watching if this is a git repository
+      this.startGitWatching(sessionId, response);
     } else {
       // Send existing content to new client
       this.sendExistingContent(sessionId, streamPath, client);
+
+      // Add this client to git watcher
+      gitWatcher.addClient(sessionId, response);
     }
 
     // Add client to set
@@ -256,6 +263,9 @@ export class StreamWatcher {
         )
       );
 
+      // Remove client from git watcher
+      gitWatcher.removeClient(sessionId, response);
+
       // If no more clients, stop watching
       if (watcherInfo.clients.size === 0) {
         logger.log(chalk.yellow(`stopping watcher for session ${sessionId} (no clients)`));
@@ -263,6 +273,9 @@ export class StreamWatcher {
           watcherInfo.watcher.close();
         }
         this.activeWatchers.delete(sessionId);
+
+        // Stop git watching when no clients remain
+        gitWatcher.stopWatching(sessionId);
       }
     }
   }
@@ -611,6 +624,22 @@ export class StreamWatcher {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Start git watching for a session if it's in a git repository
+   */
+  private async startGitWatching(sessionId: string, response: Response): Promise<void> {
+    try {
+      const sessionInfo = this.sessionManager.loadSessionInfo(sessionId);
+      if (sessionInfo?.gitRepoPath && sessionInfo.workingDir) {
+        logger.debug(`Starting git watcher for session ${sessionId} at ${sessionInfo.gitRepoPath}`);
+        await gitWatcher.startWatching(sessionId, sessionInfo.workingDir, sessionInfo.gitRepoPath);
+        gitWatcher.addClient(sessionId, response);
+      }
+    } catch (error) {
+      logger.error(`Failed to start git watching for session ${sessionId}:`, error);
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Clean up all watchers and listeners
    */
@@ -626,5 +655,7 @@ export class StreamWatcher {
       }
       this.activeWatchers.clear();
     }
+    // Clean up git watchers
+    gitWatcher.cleanup();
   }
 }
diff --git a/web/src/server/utils/git-status.ts b/web/src/server/utils/git-status.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03687f97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/web/src/server/utils/git-status.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/**
+ * Shared Git Status Utilities
+ *
+ * Provides a single implementation for parsing git status output
+ * to avoid duplication across the codebase.
+ */
+
+import { execFile } from 'child_process';
+import { promisify } from 'util';
+
+const execFileAsync = promisify(execFile);
+
+export interface GitStatusCounts {
+  modified: number;
+  untracked: number;
+  staged: number;
+  deleted: number;
+  ahead: number;
+  behind: number;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Get detailed git status including file counts and ahead/behind info
+ * @param workingDir The directory to check git status in
+ * @returns Git status counts or null if not a git repository
+ */
+export async function getDetailedGitStatus(workingDir: string): Promise<GitStatusCounts> {
+  try {
+    const { stdout: statusOutput } = await execFileAsync(
+      'git',
+      ['status', '--porcelain=v1', '--branch'],
+      {
+        cwd: workingDir,
+        timeout: 5000,
+        env: { ...process.env, GIT_TERMINAL_PROMPT: '0' },
+      }
+    );
+
+    const lines = statusOutput.trim().split('\n');
+    const branchLine = lines[0];
+
+    let aheadCount = 0;
+    let behindCount = 0;
+    let modifiedCount = 0;
+    let untrackedCount = 0;
+    let stagedCount = 0;
+    let deletedCount = 0;
+
+    // Parse branch line for ahead/behind info
+    if (branchLine?.startsWith('##')) {
+      const aheadMatch = branchLine.match(/\[ahead (\d+)/);
+      const behindMatch = branchLine.match(/behind (\d+)/);
+
+      if (aheadMatch) {
+        aheadCount = Number.parseInt(aheadMatch[1], 10);
+      }
+      if (behindMatch) {
+        behindCount = Number.parseInt(behindMatch[1], 10);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // Parse file statuses
+    for (let i = 1; i < lines.length; i++) {
+      const line = lines[i];
+      if (!line || line.length < 2) continue;
+
+      const indexStatus = line[0];
+      const workingStatus = line[1];
+
+      // Staged files (changes in index)
+      if (indexStatus !== ' ' && indexStatus !== '?') {
+        stagedCount++;
+      }
+
+      // Working directory changes
+      if (workingStatus === 'M') {
+        modifiedCount++;
+      } else if (workingStatus === 'D' && indexStatus === ' ') {
+        // Deleted in working tree but not staged
+        deletedCount++;
+      }
+
+      // Untracked files
+      if (indexStatus === '?' && workingStatus === '?') {
+        untrackedCount++;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return {
+      modified: modifiedCount,
+      untracked: untrackedCount,
+      staged: stagedCount,
+      deleted: deletedCount,
+      ahead: aheadCount,
+      behind: behindCount,
+    };
+  } catch (_error) {
+    // Not a git repository or git command failed
+    return {
+      modified: 0,
+      untracked: 0,
+      staged: 0,
+      deleted: 0,
+      ahead: 0,
+      behind: 0,
+    };
+  }
+}