diff --git a/codex-rs/core/src/session/turn.rs b/codex-rs/core/src/session/turn.rs
index aee4bd360f..304ca43be0 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/src/session/turn.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/src/session/turn.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
 
@@ -69,8 +70,10 @@ use codex_analytics::InvocationType;
 use codex_analytics::TurnResolvedConfigFact;
 use codex_analytics::build_track_events_context;
 use codex_async_utils::OrCancelExt;
+use codex_exec_server::ExecutorFileSystem;
 use codex_features::Feature;
 use codex_git_utils::get_git_repo_root;
+use codex_git_utils::get_git_repo_root_with_fs;
 use codex_hooks::HookEvent;
 use codex_hooks::HookEventAfterAgent;
 use codex_hooks::HookPayload;
@@ -102,6 +105,7 @@ use codex_protocol::protocol::WarningEvent;
 use codex_protocol::user_input::UserInput;
 use codex_tools::ToolName;
 use codex_tools::filter_request_plugin_install_discoverable_tools_for_client;
+use codex_utils_absolute_path::AbsolutePathBuf;
 use codex_utils_stream_parser::AssistantTextChunk;
 use codex_utils_stream_parser::AssistantTextStreamParser;
 use codex_utils_stream_parser::ProposedPlanSegment;
@@ -369,9 +373,15 @@ pub(crate) async fn run_turn(
     let mut stop_hook_active = false;
     // Although from the perspective of codex.rs, TurnDiffTracker has the lifecycle of a Task which contains
     // many turns, from the perspective of the user, it is a single turn.
-    #[allow(deprecated)]
-    let display_root = get_git_repo_root(turn_context.cwd.as_path())
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| turn_context.cwd.clone().into_path_buf());
+    let display_root = turn_diff_display_root(
+        turn_context
+            .environments
+            .primary()
+            .map(|turn_environment| &turn_environment.cwd)
+            .unwrap_or(&turn_context.config.cwd),
+        turn_context.environments.primary_filesystem(),
+    )
+    .await;
     let turn_diff_tracker = Arc::new(tokio::sync::Mutex::new(TurnDiffTracker::with_display_root(
         display_root,
     )));
@@ -2317,6 +2327,19 @@ async fn try_run_sampling_request(
     outcome
 }
 
+async fn turn_diff_display_root(
+    cwd: &AbsolutePathBuf,
+    fs: Option<Arc<dyn ExecutorFileSystem>>,
+) -> PathBuf {
+    match fs {
+        Some(fs) => get_git_repo_root_with_fs(fs.as_ref(), cwd)
+            .await
+            .map(AbsolutePathBuf::into_path_buf),
+        None => get_git_repo_root(cwd.as_path()),
+    }
+    .unwrap_or_else(|| cwd.clone().into_path_buf())
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn get_last_assistant_message_from_turn(responses: &[ResponseItem]) -> Option<String> {
     for item in responses.iter().rev() {
         if let Some(message) = last_assistant_message_from_item(item, /*plan_mode*/ false) {
diff --git a/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/apply_patch_cli.rs b/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/apply_patch_cli.rs
index 9185b8a7bd..519ede4c14 100644
--- a/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/apply_patch_cli.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/core/tests/suite/apply_patch_cli.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ use codex_protocol::user_input::UserInput;
 use codex_sandboxing::landlock::CODEX_LINUX_SANDBOX_ARG0;
 use codex_utils_absolute_path::AbsolutePathBuf;
 use core_test_support::assert_regex_match;
+use core_test_support::get_remote_test_env;
 use core_test_support::responses::ev_assistant_message;
 use core_test_support::responses::ev_completed;
 use core_test_support::responses::ev_function_call;
@@ -65,6 +66,13 @@ async fn apply_patch_harness_with(
     Box::pin(TestCodexHarness::with_remote_env_builder(builder)).await
 }
 
+async fn local_apply_patch_harness_with(
+    configure: impl FnOnce(TestCodexBuilder) -> TestCodexBuilder,
+) -> Result<TestCodexHarness> {
+    let builder = configure(test_codex());
+    Box::pin(TestCodexHarness::with_builder(builder)).await
+}
+
 async fn submit_without_wait(harness: &TestCodexHarness, prompt: &str) -> Result<()> {
     submit_without_wait_with_turn_permissions(
         harness,
@@ -1348,40 +1356,9 @@ async fn apply_patch_shell_command_heredoc_with_cd_emits_turn_diff() -> Result<(
     Ok(())
 }
 
-#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
-async fn apply_patch_turn_diff_paths_stay_repo_relative_when_session_cwd_is_nested() -> Result<()> {
-    skip_if_no_network!(Ok(()));
-
-    let harness = apply_patch_harness_with(|builder| {
-        builder
-            .with_model("gpt-5.4")
-            .with_config(|config| {
-                config.cwd = config.cwd.join("subdir");
-            })
-            .with_workspace_setup(|cwd, fs| async move {
-                fs.create_directory(
-                    &cwd,
-                    CreateDirectoryOptions { recursive: true },
-                    /*sandbox*/ None,
-                )
-                .await?;
-                let repo_root = cwd.parent().expect("nested cwd should have parent");
-                fs.write_file(
-                    &repo_root.join(".git"),
-                    b"gitdir: /tmp/fake-worktree\n".to_vec(),
-                    /*sandbox*/ None,
-                )
-                .await?;
-                fs.write_file(
-                    &repo_root.join("repo.txt"),
-                    b"before\n".to_vec(),
-                    /*sandbox*/ None,
-                )
-                .await?;
-                Ok(())
-            })
-    })
-    .await?;
+async fn assert_apply_patch_turn_diff_paths_stay_repo_relative_when_session_cwd_is_nested(
+    harness: TestCodexHarness,
+) -> Result<()> {
     let test = harness.test();
     let codex = test.codex.clone();
     let repo_root = harness
@@ -1427,6 +1404,54 @@ async fn apply_patch_turn_diff_paths_stay_repo_relative_when_session_cwd_is_nest
     Ok(())
 }
 
+fn nested_repo_relative_diff_builder(builder: TestCodexBuilder) -> TestCodexBuilder {
+    builder
+        .with_model("gpt-5.4")
+        .with_config(|config| {
+            config.cwd = config.cwd.join("subdir");
+        })
+        .with_workspace_setup(|cwd, fs| async move {
+            fs.create_directory(
+                &cwd,
+                CreateDirectoryOptions { recursive: true },
+                /*sandbox*/ None,
+            )
+            .await?;
+            let repo_root = cwd.parent().expect("nested cwd should have parent");
+            fs.write_file(
+                &repo_root.join(".git"),
+                b"gitdir: /tmp/fake-worktree\n".to_vec(),
+                /*sandbox*/ None,
+            )
+            .await?;
+            fs.write_file(
+                &repo_root.join("repo.txt"),
+                b"before\n".to_vec(),
+                /*sandbox*/ None,
+            )
+            .await?;
+            Ok(())
+        })
+}
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
+async fn apply_patch_turn_diff_paths_stay_repo_relative_when_session_cwd_is_nested() -> Result<()> {
+    let harness = local_apply_patch_harness_with(nested_repo_relative_diff_builder).await?;
+    assert_apply_patch_turn_diff_paths_stay_repo_relative_when_session_cwd_is_nested(harness).await
+}
+
+#[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
+async fn apply_patch_turn_diff_paths_stay_repo_relative_for_remote_nested_session_cwd() -> Result<()>
+{
+    skip_if_no_network!(Ok(()));
+    let Some(_remote_env) = get_remote_test_env() else {
+        return Ok(());
+    };
+
+    let harness = apply_patch_harness_with(nested_repo_relative_diff_builder).await?;
+    assert_apply_patch_turn_diff_paths_stay_repo_relative_when_session_cwd_is_nested(harness).await
+}
+
 #[tokio::test(flavor = "multi_thread", worker_threads = 2)]
 async fn apply_patch_shell_command_failure_propagates_error_and_skips_diff() -> Result<()> {
     skip_if_no_network!(Ok(()));
diff --git a/codex-rs/git-utils/src/info.rs b/codex-rs/git-utils/src/info.rs
index 722d556b37..8ca17fee77 100644
--- a/codex-rs/git-utils/src/info.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/git-utils/src/info.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,21 @@ pub fn get_git_repo_root(base_dir: &Path) -> Option<PathBuf> {
     find_ancestor_git_entry(base).map(|(repo_root, _)| repo_root)
 }
 
+/// Return the git repository root for `base_dir` using the provided executor
+/// filesystem. This is the remote-environment equivalent of [`get_git_repo_root`].
+pub async fn get_git_repo_root_with_fs(
+    fs: &dyn ExecutorFileSystem,
+    base_dir: &AbsolutePathBuf,
+) -> Option<AbsolutePathBuf> {
+    let base = match fs.get_metadata(base_dir, /*sandbox*/ None).await {
+        Ok(metadata) if metadata.is_directory => base_dir.clone(),
+        _ => base_dir.parent()?,
+    };
+    find_ancestor_git_entry_with_fs(fs, &base)
+        .await
+        .map(|(repo_root, _)| repo_root)
+}
+
 /// Timeout for git commands to prevent freezing on large repositories
 const GIT_COMMAND_TIMEOUT: TokioDuration = TokioDuration::from_secs(5);
 const DISABLED_HOOKS_PATH: &str = if cfg!(windows) { "NUL" } else { "/dev/null" };
diff --git a/codex-rs/git-utils/src/lib.rs b/codex-rs/git-utils/src/lib.rs
index bcd1a8b5c9..986a7434d2 100644
--- a/codex-rs/git-utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codex-rs/git-utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ pub use info::default_branch_name;
 pub use info::get_git_remote_urls;
 pub use info::get_git_remote_urls_assume_git_repo;
 pub use info::get_git_repo_root;
+pub use info::get_git_repo_root_with_fs;
 pub use info::get_has_changes;
 pub use info::get_head_commit_hash;
 pub use info::git_diff_to_remote;