diff --git a/src/VCS/Adapter/Git/GitLab.php b/src/VCS/Adapter/Git/GitLab.php
index 269d68d2..0cadaeeb 100644
--- a/src/VCS/Adapter/Git/GitLab.php
+++ b/src/VCS/Adapter/Git/GitLab.php
@@ -122,6 +122,20 @@ private function getOwnerPath(string $owner): string
         return $owner;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * GitLab passes path as a literal query/URL value, so unlike GitHub it
+     * never resolves './' or '.' to the repository root on its own.
+     */
+    private function normalizeRepositoryPath(string $path): string
+    {
+        $segments = array_filter(
+            explode('/', $path),
+            fn (string $segment): bool => $segment !== '' && $segment !== '.'
+        );
+
+        return implode('/', $segments);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Extract namespace ID from "id:path" format
      */
@@ -369,7 +383,7 @@ public function getRepositoryContent(string $owner, string $repositoryName, stri
     {
         $ownerPath = $this->getOwnerPath($owner);
         $projectPath = urlencode("{$ownerPath}/{$repositoryName}");
-        $encodedPath = urlencode($path);
+        $encodedPath = urlencode($this->normalizeRepositoryPath($path));
         $url = "/projects/{$projectPath}/repository/files/{$encodedPath}?ref=" . urlencode(empty($ref) ? 'HEAD' : $ref);
 
         $response = $this->call(self::METHOD_GET, $url, ['Authorization' => 'Bearer ' . $this->accessToken]);
@@ -402,11 +416,13 @@ public function getRepositoryContent(string $owner, string $repositoryName, stri
 
     public function listRepositoryContents(string $owner, string $repositoryName, string $path = '', string $ref = ''): array
     {
+        $path = $this->normalizeRepositoryPath($path);
+
         $ownerPath = $this->getOwnerPath($owner);
         $projectPath = urlencode("{$ownerPath}/{$repositoryName}");
         $url = "/projects/{$projectPath}/repository/tree" . (empty($ref) ? '' : '?ref=' . urlencode($ref));
 
-        if (!empty($path)) {
+        if ($path !== '') {
             $url .= (empty($ref) ? '?' : '&') . 'path=' . urlencode($path);
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/VCS/Adapter/GitLabTest.php b/tests/VCS/Adapter/GitLabTest.php
index 1aec3577..3eba2ad5 100644
--- a/tests/VCS/Adapter/GitLabTest.php
+++ b/tests/VCS/Adapter/GitLabTest.php
@@ -1305,6 +1305,68 @@ public function testListRepositoryContents(): void
         }
     }
 
+    public function testListRepositoryContentsRootSentinels(): void
+    {
+        $repositoryName = 'test-list-repository-contents-root-' . \uniqid();
+        $this->vcsAdapter->createRepository(static::$owner, $repositoryName, false);
+
+        try {
+            $this->vcsAdapter->createFile(static::$owner, $repositoryName, 'README.md', '# Test');
+
+            $empty = $this->vcsAdapter->listRepositoryContents(static::$owner, $repositoryName, '');
+            $dot = $this->vcsAdapter->listRepositoryContents(static::$owner, $repositoryName, '.');
+            $dotSlash = $this->vcsAdapter->listRepositoryContents(static::$owner, $repositoryName, './');
+
+            $repeatedDotSlash = $this->vcsAdapter->listRepositoryContents(static::$owner, $repositoryName, './././');
+
+            $this->assertNotEmpty($empty);
+            $this->assertEquals(array_column($empty, 'name'), array_column($dot, 'name'));
+            $this->assertEquals(array_column($empty, 'name'), array_column($dotSlash, 'name'));
+            $this->assertEquals(array_column($empty, 'name'), array_column($repeatedDotSlash, 'name'));
+        } finally {
+            $this->vcsAdapter->deleteRepository(static::$owner, $repositoryName);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function testGetRepositoryContentRootSentinelPrefix(): void
+    {
+        $repositoryName = 'test-get-repository-content-root-' . \uniqid();
+        $this->vcsAdapter->createRepository(static::$owner, $repositoryName, false);
+
+        try {
+            $this->vcsAdapter->createFile(static::$owner, $repositoryName, 'README.md', '# Test');
+
+            $direct = $this->vcsAdapter->getRepositoryContent(static::$owner, $repositoryName, 'README.md');
+            $prefixed = $this->vcsAdapter->getRepositoryContent(static::$owner, $repositoryName, './README.md');
+            $repeatedPrefix = $this->vcsAdapter->getRepositoryContent(static::$owner, $repositoryName, './././README.md');
+
+            $this->assertEquals($direct['content'], $prefixed['content']);
+            $this->assertEquals($direct['content'], $repeatedPrefix['content']);
+        } finally {
+            $this->vcsAdapter->deleteRepository(static::$owner, $repositoryName);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public function testListRepositoryContentsMalformedNestedPath(): void
+    {
+        $repositoryName = 'test-list-repository-contents-malformed-' . \uniqid();
+        $this->vcsAdapter->createRepository(static::$owner, $repositoryName, false);
+
+        try {
+            $this->vcsAdapter->createFile(static::$owner, $repositoryName, 'src/main.php', '<?php');
+
+            $clean = $this->vcsAdapter->listRepositoryContents(static::$owner, $repositoryName, 'src');
+            $embeddedDot = $this->vcsAdapter->listRepositoryContents(static::$owner, $repositoryName, 'src/.');
+            $doubleSlash = $this->vcsAdapter->listRepositoryContents(static::$owner, $repositoryName, 'src//');
+
+            $this->assertNotEmpty($clean);
+            $this->assertEquals(array_column($clean, 'name'), array_column($embeddedDot, 'name'));
+            $this->assertEquals(array_column($clean, 'name'), array_column($doubleSlash, 'name'));
+        } finally {
+            $this->vcsAdapter->deleteRepository(static::$owner, $repositoryName);
+        }
+    }
+
     public function testGetUser(): void
     {
         $result = $this->vcsAdapter->getUser('root');