diff --git a/src/components/GitStatusIndicator.tsx b/src/components/GitStatusIndicator.tsx
index 515ca55d6..f6b3d3472 100644
--- a/src/components/GitStatusIndicator.tsx
+++ b/src/components/GitStatusIndicator.tsx
@@ -301,8 +301,9 @@ if [ "$CURRENT_BRANCH" != "$PRIMARY_BRANCH" ] && git rev-parse --verify "origin/
   REFS="$REFS origin/$CURRENT_BRANCH"
 fi
 
-# Store show-branch output to avoid running twice
-SHOW_BRANCH=$(git show-branch --sha1-name $REFS)
+# Store show-branch output (limit to 50 commits for display)
+# --more=50 limits to 50 commits after the merge base
+SHOW_BRANCH=$(git show-branch --sha1-name --more=50 $REFS)
 
 # Output show-branch
 echo "$SHOW_BRANCH"
diff --git a/src/services/tools/bash.test.ts b/src/services/tools/bash.test.ts
index e7d345b1e..8117e9933 100644
--- a/src/services/tools/bash.test.ts
+++ b/src/services/tools/bash.test.ts
@@ -176,15 +176,15 @@ describe("bash tool", () => {
     if (!result.success) {
       // Should contain truncation notice
       expect(result.error).toContain("[OUTPUT TRUNCATED");
-      expect(result.error).toContain("Showing first 50 of");
+      expect(result.error).toContain("Showing first 80 of");
       expect(result.error).toContain("lines:");
 
-      // Should contain first 50 lines
+      // Should contain first 80 lines
       expect(result.error).toContain("line1");
-      expect(result.error).toContain("line50");
+      expect(result.error).toContain("line80");
 
-      // Should NOT contain line 51 or beyond
-      expect(result.error).not.toContain("line51");
+      // Should NOT contain line 81 or beyond
+      expect(result.error).not.toContain("line81");
       expect(result.error).not.toContain("line100");
 
       // Should NOT create temp file
diff --git a/src/services/tools/bash.ts b/src/services/tools/bash.ts
index cb90960d0..9e2ea7bcf 100644
--- a/src/services/tools/bash.ts
+++ b/src/services/tools/bash.ts
@@ -324,8 +324,8 @@ export const createBashTool: ToolFactory = (config: ToolConfiguration) => {
             const overflowPolicy = config.overflow_policy ?? "tmpfile";
 
             if (overflowPolicy === "truncate") {
-              // Return truncated output with first 50 lines
-              const maxTruncateLines = 50;
+              // Return truncated output with first 80 lines
+              const maxTruncateLines = 80;
               const truncatedLines = lines.slice(0, maxTruncateLines);
               const truncatedOutput = truncatedLines.join("\n");
               const errorMessage = `[OUTPUT TRUNCATED - ${overflowReason ?? "unknown reason"}]\n\nShowing first ${maxTruncateLines} of ${lines.length} lines:\n\n${truncatedOutput}`;