diff --git a/cli/dstack/_internal/core/repo/remote.py b/cli/dstack/_internal/core/repo/remote.py
index 291fdc11a..28ae07765 100644
--- a/cli/dstack/_internal/core/repo/remote.py
+++ b/cli/dstack/_internal/core/repo/remote.py
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
+import io
 import os
+import subprocess
 import tempfile
+import time
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, BinaryIO, Dict, Optional
 
 import git
 import giturlparse
-from pydantic import BaseModel
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
 from typing_extensions import Literal
 
 from dstack._internal.core.repo import RepoProtocol
@@ -38,7 +41,7 @@ class RemoteRepoData(RepoData, RemoteRepoInfo):
     repo_type: Literal["remote"] = "remote"
     repo_branch: Optional[str] = None
     repo_hash: Optional[str] = None
-    repo_diff: Optional[str] = None
+    repo_diff: Optional[str] = Field(None, exclude=True)
     repo_config_name: Optional[str] = None
     repo_config_email: Optional[str] = None
 
@@ -113,13 +116,9 @@ def __init__(
             repo_data = RemoteRepoData.from_url(self.repo_url, parse_ssh_config=True)
             repo_data.repo_branch = tracking_branch.remote_head
             repo_data.repo_hash = tracking_branch.commit.hexsha
-            repo_data.repo_diff = repo.git.diff(repo_data.repo_hash)
             repo_data.repo_config_name = repo.config_reader().get_value("user", "name")
             repo_data.repo_config_email = repo.config_reader().get_value("user", "email")
-            diffs = [repo_data.repo_diff]
-            for filename in repo.untracked_files:
-                diffs.append(_add_patch(local_repo_dir, filename))
-            repo_data.repo_diff = "\n".join([d for d in diffs if d])
+            repo_data.repo_diff = _repo_diff_verbose(repo, repo_data.repo_hash)
         elif self.repo_url is not None:
             repo_data = RemoteRepoData.from_url(self.repo_url, parse_ssh_config=True)
         elif repo_data is None:
@@ -165,7 +164,63 @@ def _clone_remote_repo(
     # todo checkout branch/hash
 
 
-def _add_patch(repo_dir: PathLike, filename: str) -> str:
-    return git.cmd.Git(repo_dir).diff(
-        "/dev/null", filename, no_index=True, binary=True, with_exceptions=False
-    )
+class _DiffCollector:
+    def __init__(self, warning_time: float, delay: float = 5):
+        self.warning_time = warning_time
+        self.delay = delay
+        self.warned = False
+        self.start_time = time.monotonic()
+        self.buffer = io.StringIO()
+
+    def timeout(self):
+        now = time.monotonic()
+        if not self.warned and now > self.start_time + self.warning_time:
+            print(
+                "Provisioning is taking longer than usual, possibly because of having too many or large local "
+                "files that haven’t been pushed to Git. Tip: Exclude unnecessary files from provisioning "
+                "by using the `.gitignore` file."
+            )
+            self.warned = True
+        return (
+            self.delay
+            if self.warned
+            else min(self.delay, self.start_time + self.warning_time - now)
+        )
+
+    def write(self, v: bytes):
+        self.buffer.write(v.decode())
+
+    def get(self) -> str:
+        if self.warned:
+            print()
+        return self.buffer.getvalue()
+
+
+def _interactive_git_proc(
+    proc: git.Git.AutoInterrupt, collector: _DiffCollector, ignore_status: bool = False
+):
+    while True:
+        try:
+            stdout, stderr = proc.communicate(timeout=collector.timeout())
+            if not ignore_status and proc.poll() != 0:
+                raise git.GitCommandError(proc.args, proc.poll(), stderr)
+            collector.write(stdout)
+            return
+        except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
+            continue
+
+
+def _repo_diff_verbose(repo: git.Repo, repo_hash: str, warning_time: float = 5) -> str:
+    collector = _DiffCollector(warning_time)
+    try:
+        _interactive_git_proc(repo.git.diff(repo_hash, as_process=True), collector)
+        for filename in repo.untracked_files:
+            _interactive_git_proc(
+                repo.git.diff("/dev/null", filename, no_index=True, binary=True, as_process=True),
+                collector,
+                ignore_status=True,
+            )
+        return collector.get()
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        print("\nAborted")
+        exit(1)