diff --git a/src/main/git/status-cquoted-paths.test.ts b/src/main/git/status-cquoted-paths.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0008b21bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/git/status-cquoted-paths.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+import { execFileSync } from 'child_process'
+import { mkdtemp, rm, writeFile } from 'fs/promises'
+import { tmpdir } from 'os'
+import * as path from 'path'
+import { afterEach, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { getStatus, stageFile } from './status'
+
+const tempRoots: string[] = []
+
+async function createRepo(): Promise<string> {
+  const repo = await mkdtemp(path.join(tmpdir(), 'orca-status-cquoted-'))
+  tempRoots.push(repo)
+  execFileSync('git', ['init', '-q'], { cwd: repo })
+  execFileSync('git', ['config', 'user.email', 'test@example.com'], { cwd: repo })
+  execFileSync('git', ['config', 'user.name', 'Test User'], { cwd: repo })
+  return repo
+}
+
+function gitNames(repo: string, args: string[]): string[] {
+  const stdout = execFileSync('git', args, { cwd: repo, encoding: 'utf8' })
+  return stdout.split('\0').filter(Boolean)
+}
+
+afterEach(async () => {
+  await Promise.all(tempRoots.splice(0).map((root) => rm(root, { recursive: true, force: true })))
+})
+
+describe('git status C-quoted paths', () => {
+  it('returns the real path for untracked files whose names contain tabs', async () => {
+    const repo = await createRepo()
+    const filePath = 'tab\tfile.txt'
+    await writeFile(path.join(repo, filePath), 'new file\n')
+
+    const status = await getStatus(repo)
+
+    expect(status.entries).toEqual([
+      { path: filePath, status: 'untracked', area: 'untracked', added: 1 }
+    ])
+
+    await stageFile(repo, status.entries[0].path)
+
+    expect(gitNames(repo, ['diff', '--cached', '--name-only', '-z'])).toEqual([filePath])
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/main/git/status.ts b/src/main/git/status.ts
index 891b23108..3b74681ba 100644
--- a/src/main/git/status.ts
+++ b/src/main/git/status.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import {
   parseNumstat,
   type GitLineStats
 } from '../../shared/git-uncommitted-line-stats'
+import { decodeGitCQuotedPath } from '../../shared/git-cquoted-path'
 import { gitExecFileAsync, gitExecFileAsyncBuffer, gitOptionalLocksDisabledEnv } from './runner'
 import {
   removeSafeUntrackedDiscardTarget,
@@ -130,8 +131,8 @@ export async function getStatus(
           // space-delimited fields and the old path after the tab. Preserving
           // spaces here keeps row actions and numstat counts keyed correctly.
           const tabParts = line.split('\t')
-          const path = tabParts[0].split(' ').slice(9).join(' ')
-          const oldPath = tabParts.slice(1).join('\t')
+          const path = decodeGitCQuotedPath(tabParts[0].split(' ').slice(9).join(' '))
+          const oldPath = decodeGitCQuotedPath(tabParts.slice(1).join('\t'))
           if (indexStatus !== '.') {
             entries.push({ path, status: parseStatusChar(indexStatus), area: 'staged', oldPath })
           }
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ export async function getStatus(
           }
         } else {
           // Regular change entry
-          const path = parts.slice(8).join(' ')
+          const path = decodeGitCQuotedPath(parts.slice(8).join(' '))
           if (indexStatus !== '.') {
             entries.push({ path, status: parseStatusChar(indexStatus), area: 'staged' })
           }
@@ -155,10 +156,10 @@ export async function getStatus(
         }
       } else if (line.startsWith('? ')) {
         // Untracked file
-        const path = line.slice(2)
+        const path = decodeGitCQuotedPath(line.slice(2))
         entries.push({ path, status: 'untracked', area: 'untracked' })
       } else if (line.startsWith('! ')) {
-        ignoredPaths.push(line.slice(2))
+        ignoredPaths.push(decodeGitCQuotedPath(line.slice(2)))
       } else if (line.startsWith('u ')) {
         const unmergedEntry = await parseUnmergedEntry(worktreePath, line)
         if (unmergedEntry) {
@@ -345,7 +346,7 @@ async function parseUnmergedEntry(
   const modeStage1 = parts[3]
   const modeStage2 = parts[4]
   const modeStage3 = parts[5]
-  const filePath = parts.slice(10).join(' ')
+  const filePath = decodeGitCQuotedPath(parts.slice(10).join(' '))
   if (!filePath) {
     return null
   }
@@ -839,15 +840,15 @@ function parseBranchChangeLine(line: string): GitBranchChangeEntry | null {
   const status = parseBranchStatusChar(rawStatus[0] ?? 'M')
 
   if (rawStatus.startsWith('R') || rawStatus.startsWith('C')) {
-    const oldPath = parts[1]
-    const path = parts[2]
+    const oldPath = decodeGitCQuotedPath(parts[1] ?? '')
+    const path = decodeGitCQuotedPath(parts[2] ?? '')
     if (!path) {
       return null
     }
     return { path, oldPath, status }
   }
 
-  const path = parts[1]
+  const path = decodeGitCQuotedPath(parts[1] ?? '')
   if (!path) {
     return null
   }
diff --git a/src/shared/git-cquoted-path.ts b/src/shared/git-cquoted-path.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..74cb7a17e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/shared/git-cquoted-path.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+export function decodeGitCQuotedPath(value: string): string {
+  if (value.length < 2 || value[0] !== '"' || value.at(-1) !== '"') {
+    return value
+  }
+
+  let decoded = ''
+  for (let index = 1; index < value.length - 1; index += 1) {
+    const char = value[index]
+    if (char !== '\\') {
+      decoded += char
+      continue
+    }
+
+    index += 1
+    const escaped = value[index]
+    switch (escaped) {
+      case 'a':
+        decoded += '\u0007'
+        break
+      case 'b':
+        decoded += '\b'
+        break
+      case 'f':
+        decoded += '\f'
+        break
+      case 'n':
+        decoded += '\n'
+        break
+      case 'r':
+        decoded += '\r'
+        break
+      case 't':
+        decoded += '\t'
+        break
+      case 'v':
+        decoded += '\v'
+        break
+      case '\\':
+      case '"':
+        decoded += escaped
+        break
+      default:
+        if (/[0-7]/.test(escaped)) {
+          let octal = escaped
+          while (
+            index + 1 < value.length - 1 &&
+            octal.length < 3 &&
+            /[0-7]/.test(value[index + 1])
+          ) {
+            index += 1
+            octal += value[index]
+          }
+          decoded += String.fromCharCode(Number.parseInt(octal, 8))
+        } else {
+          decoded += escaped
+        }
+        break
+    }
+  }
+
+  return decoded
+}
diff --git a/src/shared/git-uncommitted-line-stats.test.ts b/src/shared/git-uncommitted-line-stats.test.ts
index a94ed71ed..fc98a3d82 100644
--- a/src/shared/git-uncommitted-line-stats.test.ts
+++ b/src/shared/git-uncommitted-line-stats.test.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,13 @@ describe('parseNumstat', () => {
     expect(stats.get('new.ts')).toEqual({ added: 2, removed: 1 })
   })
 
+  it('decodes Git C-quoted paths before keying stats', () => {
+    expect(parseNumstat('1\t1\t"tab\\tfile.txt"\n').get('tab\tfile.txt')).toEqual({
+      added: 1,
+      removed: 1
+    })
+  })
+
   it('ignores blank lines', () => {
     expect(parseNumstat('').size).toBe(0)
   })
diff --git a/src/shared/git-uncommitted-line-stats.ts b/src/shared/git-uncommitted-line-stats.ts
index a1cf6966e..4330375c9 100644
--- a/src/shared/git-uncommitted-line-stats.ts
+++ b/src/shared/git-uncommitted-line-stats.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { lstat, readFile } from 'fs/promises'
 import * as path from 'path'
 import { isBinaryBuffer } from './binary-buffer'
+import { decodeGitCQuotedPath } from './git-cquoted-path'
 
 export type GitLineStats = { added?: number; removed?: number }
 
@@ -35,13 +36,14 @@ function parseNumstatCount(value: string): number | undefined {
 // `dir/{old => new}/file`; normalize to the post-rename path so it keys to the
 // porcelain status entry, which always reports the new path.
 function normalizeNumstatPath(rawPath: string): string {
-  const braced = /^(.*)\{(.+) => (.+)\}(.*)$/.exec(rawPath)
+  const decodedPath = decodeGitCQuotedPath(rawPath)
+  const braced = /^(.*)\{(.+) => (.+)\}(.*)$/.exec(decodedPath)
   if (braced) {
     return `${braced[1]}${braced[3]}${braced[4]}`
   }
   const marker = ' => '
-  const markerIndex = rawPath.lastIndexOf(marker)
-  return markerIndex === -1 ? rawPath : rawPath.slice(markerIndex + marker.length)
+  const markerIndex = decodedPath.lastIndexOf(marker)
+  return markerIndex === -1 ? decodedPath : decodedPath.slice(markerIndex + marker.length)
 }
 
 export function parseNumstat(stdout: string): Map<string, GitLineStats> {