diff --git a/apps/server/src/git/Layers/GitCore.test.ts b/apps/server/src/git/Layers/GitCore.test.ts
index 547a69e7e1..561b98aa78 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/git/Layers/GitCore.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/git/Layers/GitCore.test.ts
@@ -313,6 +313,64 @@ it.layer(TestLayer)("git integration", (it) => {
       }),
     );
 
+    it.effect("parses separate branch names when column.ui is always enabled", () =>
+      Effect.gen(function* () {
+        const tmp = yield* makeTmpDir();
+        const { initialBranch } = yield* initRepoWithCommit(tmp);
+        const createdBranchNames = [
+          "go-bin",
+          "copilot/rewrite-cli-in-go",
+          "copilot/rewrite-cli-in-rust",
+        ] as const;
+        for (const branchName of createdBranchNames) {
+          yield* (yield* GitCore).createBranch({ cwd: tmp, branch: branchName });
+        }
+        yield* git(tmp, ["config", "column.ui", "always"]);
+
+        const rawBranchOutput = yield* git(tmp, ["branch", "--no-color"], {
+          ...process.env,
+          COLUMNS: "120",
+        });
+        expect(
+          rawBranchOutput
+            .split("\n")
+            .some(
+              (line) =>
+                createdBranchNames.filter((branchName) => line.includes(branchName)).length >= 2,
+            ),
+        ).toBe(true);
+
+        const realGitCore = yield* GitCore;
+        const core = yield* makeIsolatedGitCore((input) =>
+          realGitCore.execute(
+            input.args[0] === "branch"
+              ? {
+                  ...input,
+                  env: { ...input.env, COLUMNS: "120" },
+                }
+              : input,
+          ),
+        );
+
+        const result = yield* core.listBranches({ cwd: tmp });
+        const localBranchNames = result.branches
+          .filter((branch) => !branch.isRemote)
+          .map((branch) => branch.name);
+
+        expect(localBranchNames).toHaveLength(4);
+        expect(localBranchNames).toEqual(
+          expect.arrayContaining([initialBranch, ...createdBranchNames]),
+        );
+        expect(
+          localBranchNames.some(
+            (branchName) =>
+              createdBranchNames.filter((createdBranch) => branchName.includes(createdBranch))
+                .length >= 2,
+          ),
+        ).toBe(false);
+      }),
+    );
+
     it.effect("isDefault is false when no remote exists", () =>
       Effect.gen(function* () {
         const tmp = yield* makeTmpDir();
@@ -1824,7 +1882,7 @@ it.layer(TestLayer)("git integration", (it) => {
         let didFailRemoteBranches = false;
         let didFailRemoteNames = false;
         const core = yield* makeIsolatedGitCore((input) => {
-          if (input.args.join(" ") === "branch --no-color --remotes") {
+          if (input.args.join(" ") === "branch --no-color --no-column --remotes") {
             didFailRemoteBranches = true;
             return Effect.fail(
               new GitCommandError({
diff --git a/apps/server/src/git/Layers/GitCore.ts b/apps/server/src/git/Layers/GitCore.ts
index 64ed409508..c84a01b3cb 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/git/Layers/GitCore.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/git/Layers/GitCore.ts
@@ -1423,7 +1423,7 @@ export const makeGitCore = Effect.fn("makeGitCore")(function* (options?: {
     const localBranchResult = yield* executeGit(
       "GitCore.listBranches.branchNoColor",
       input.cwd,
-      ["branch", "--no-color"],
+      ["branch", "--no-color", "--no-column"],
       {
         timeoutMs: 10_000,
         allowNonZeroExit: true,
@@ -1438,7 +1438,7 @@ export const makeGitCore = Effect.fn("makeGitCore")(function* (options?: {
       return yield* createGitCommandError(
         "GitCore.listBranches",
         input.cwd,
-        ["branch", "--no-color"],
+        ["branch", "--no-color", "--no-column"],
         stderr || "git branch failed",
       );
     }
@@ -1446,7 +1446,7 @@ export const makeGitCore = Effect.fn("makeGitCore")(function* (options?: {
     const remoteBranchResultEffect = executeGit(
       "GitCore.listBranches.remoteBranches",
       input.cwd,
-      ["branch", "--no-color", "--remotes"],
+      ["branch", "--no-color", "--no-column", "--remotes"],
       {
         timeoutMs: 10_000,
         allowNonZeroExit: true,
@@ -1814,6 +1814,7 @@ export const makeGitCore = Effect.fn("makeGitCore")(function* (options?: {
     runGitStdout("GitCore.listLocalBranchNames", cwd, [
       "branch",
       "--list",
+      "--no-column",
       "--format=%(refname:short)",
     ]).pipe(
       Effect.map((stdout) =>