diff --git a/client/src/components/lanes/FileExplorer.tsx b/client/src/components/lanes/FileExplorer.tsx
index 153171d1..c85a82e4 100644
--- a/client/src/components/lanes/FileExplorer.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/lanes/FileExplorer.tsx
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ async function walkEntry(
     out.push({ file, rel: `${prefix}${entry.name}` });
     return;
   }
+  // The server takes nothing into .git: never read one off the disk at all.
+  if (entry.name === ".git") return;
   const reader = (entry as FileSystemDirectoryEntry).createReader();
   // readEntries answers in pages until it answers [].
   for (;;) {
@@ -614,8 +616,14 @@ export function FileBrowser({
   };
 
   /** Upload `files` (each with its path inside the pick/drop) under `dir`. */
-  const uploadAll = async (files: { file: File; rel: string }[], dir = path) => {
+  const uploadAll = async (picked: { file: File; rel: string }[], dir = path) => {
     setMenu(null);
+    // A dropped/picked repo carries its .git, which the server refuses file by
+    // file — skip it here with ONE notice instead of a toast per object.
+    const files = picked.filter((f) => !f.rel.split("/").includes(".git"));
+    if (files.length < picked.length) {
+      toast.info(t("fx.gitSkipped", { count: picked.length - files.length }));
+    }
     if (!files.length) return;
     const bytes = files.reduce((n, f) => n + f.file.size, 0);
     if (bytes > FX_BATCH_MAX_BYTES) {
diff --git a/client/src/components/lanes/__tests__/FileExplorer.test.tsx b/client/src/components/lanes/__tests__/FileExplorer.test.tsx
index 1315311f..e653e5e0 100644
--- a/client/src/components/lanes/__tests__/FileExplorer.test.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/lanes/__tests__/FileExplorer.test.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
  * opens sub-folders, makes a folder inline, deletes into the Trash without a
  * confirm, copies in one workspace and pastes into another (`fromLane`),
  * asks Replace / Keep both / Skip when an upload's name is taken, refuses a
- * batch over 500 MB before sending anything, restores from the user's own
+ * batch over 500 MB before sending anything, leaves a repo's .git out of a
+ * folder upload with one notice, restores from the user's own
  * Trash, opens an admin's Trash on one folder per user (counted, an unreadable
  * one saying why), opens each user's Trash from its folder (asking before a
  * purge there, sending the item's store) and
@@ -269,6 +270,23 @@ describe("FileExplorer", () => {
     expect(api.files.uploadBatch).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
   });
 
+  it("leaves a picked repo's .git out of a folder upload, with one notice", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(api.files.upload).mockResolvedValue({ path: "x" });
+    open();
+    await screen.findByText("a.txt");
+    const mk = (rel: string) => {
+      const f = new File(["hi"], rel.split("/").pop()!);
+      Object.defineProperty(f, "webkitRelativePath", { value: rel });
+      return f;
+    };
+    const files = ["repo/.git/HEAD", "repo/.git/objects/d4/ab", "repo/src/a.js"].map(mk);
+    fireEvent.change(screen.getByTestId("fx-upload-folder"), { target: { files } });
+    await waitFor(() => expect(api.files.upload).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1));
+    expect(vi.mocked(api.files.upload).mock.calls[0]![1]).toBe("repo/src/a.js");
+    expect(toast.info).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    expect(toast.error).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
   it("refuses a batch over 500 MB before sending anything", async () => {
     open();
     await screen.findByText("a.txt");
diff --git a/client/src/i18n/locales/en/lanes.json b/client/src/i18n/locales/en/lanes.json
index 2a4ec824..963f12ee 100644
--- a/client/src/i18n/locales/en/lanes.json
+++ b/client/src/i18n/locales/en/lanes.json
@@ -590,6 +590,7 @@
   "fx.dropHint": "Drag files or folders here to upload · drag onto a folder to move (Ctrl: copy)",
   "fx.uploading": "Uploading {{done}}/{{total}}…",
   "fx.uploaded": "Uploaded {{count}} file(s).",
+  "fx.gitSkipped": "Skipped {{count}} file(s) inside .git — nothing is uploaded into .git.",
   "fx.uploadFailed": "Could not upload {{name}}: {{message}}",
   "fx.tooBig": "{{size}} is more than one upload may carry ({{max}}). Upload fewer files at a time.",
   "fx.trashed": "Moved {{count}} item(s) to the Trash.",
diff --git a/client/src/i18n/locales/vi/lanes.json b/client/src/i18n/locales/vi/lanes.json
index 778cb74f..b17dfdf2 100644
--- a/client/src/i18n/locales/vi/lanes.json
+++ b/client/src/i18n/locales/vi/lanes.json
@@ -590,6 +590,7 @@
   "fx.dropHint": "Kéo file hoặc thư mục vào đây để tải lên · kéo vào một thư mục để di chuyển (Ctrl: sao chép)",
   "fx.uploading": "Đang tải lên {{done}}/{{total}}…",
   "fx.uploaded": "Đã tải lên {{count}} file.",
+  "fx.gitSkipped": "Đã bỏ qua {{count}} file trong .git — không tải gì vào .git.",
   "fx.uploadFailed": "Không tải lên được {{name}}: {{message}}",
   "fx.tooBig": "{{size}} vượt quá giới hạn một lần tải lên ({{max}}). Hãy tải ít file hơn mỗi lần.",
   "fx.trashed": "Đã chuyển {{count}} mục vào Thùng rác.",