diff --git a/src/lando/api/tests/test_hg.py b/src/lando/api/tests/test_hg.py
index d5281705a..9d476dff0 100644
--- a/src/lando/api/tests/test_hg.py
+++ b/src/lando/api/tests/test_hg.py
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ def test_integrated_hgrepo_patch_hgimport_fail_success(
     # Mock the internal method, so the public method can do exception conversion.
     original_run_hg = scm._run_hg
 
-    def run_hg_conflict_on_import(*args):
+    def run_hg_conflict_on_import(*args, **kwargs):
         # Fail the native import, but not the one using `patch`
         if args[0][0] == "import" and "ui.patch=patch" not in args[0]:
             raise hglib.error.CommandError(
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ def run_hg_conflict_on_import(*args):
                 b"",
                 b"forced fail: hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file",
             )
-        return original_run_hg(*args)
+        return original_run_hg(*args, **kwargs)
 
     run_hg = mock.MagicMock()
     run_hg.side_effect = run_hg_conflict_on_import
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ def test_HgSCM_apply_patch_git_conflict(
     # Mock the internal method, so the public method can do exception conversion.
     original_run_hg = scm._run_hg
 
-    def run_hg_conflict_on_import(*args):
+    def run_hg_conflict_on_import(*args, **kwargs):
         # Fail the native import, but not the one using `patch`
         if args[0][0] == "import" and "ui.patch=patch" not in args[0]:
             raise hglib.error.CommandError(
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ def run_hg_conflict_on_import(*args):
                 b"",
                 b"forced fail: hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file",
             )
-        return original_run_hg(*args)
+        return original_run_hg(*args, **kwargs)
 
     run_hg = mock.MagicMock()
     run_hg.side_effect = run_hg_conflict_on_import
diff --git a/src/lando/main/scm/git.py b/src/lando/main/scm/git.py
index cdaeb9543..82a7533d4 100644
--- a/src/lando/main/scm/git.py
+++ b/src/lando/main/scm/git.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 from lando.settings import LANDO_USER_EMAIL, LANDO_USER_NAME
 from lando.utils.const import URL_USERINFO_RE
 from lando.utils.github import GitHub
+from lando.utils.strings import truncate_text
 
 from .abstract_scm import AbstractSCM
 
@@ -230,7 +231,12 @@ def add_diff_from_patches(self, patches: str) -> str:
 
             self._git_run("add", "-A", "-f", cwd=self.path)
             return self._git_run(
-                "diff", "--staged", "--binary", cwd=self.path, rstrip=False
+                "diff",
+                "--staged",
+                "--binary",
+                cwd=self.path,
+                rstrip=False,
+                truncate_log_output=True,
             )
 
     @override
@@ -248,6 +254,7 @@ def get_patch(self, revision_id: str) -> str | None:
             "-1",
             revision_id,
             cwd=self.path,
+            truncate_log_output=True,
         )
         # We only return the patch if the `From` header indicates that it's the same as
         # the requested revision. This may not be the case when, e.g., `git
@@ -567,7 +574,13 @@ def repo_is_supported(cls, path: str) -> bool:
         return True
 
     @classmethod
-    def _git_run(cls, *args, cwd: str | None = None, rstrip: bool = True) -> str:
+    def _git_run(
+        cls,
+        *args,
+        cwd: str | None = None,
+        rstrip: bool = True,
+        truncate_log_output: bool = False,
+    ) -> str:
         """Run a git command and return full output.
 
         Parameters:
@@ -578,6 +591,12 @@ def _git_run(cls, *args, cwd: str | None = None, rstrip: bool = True) -> str:
         cwd: str
             Optional path to work in, default to '/'
 
+        truncate_log_output: bool
+            If `True`, only the head and tail of the command's output will be
+            logged. Use this for commands like `git format-patch` whose full
+            output is too large to be useful in logs. The return value is
+            unaffected.
+
         Returns:
             str: the standard output of the command
         """
@@ -620,13 +639,14 @@ def _git_run(cls, *args, cwd: str | None = None, rstrip: bool = True) -> str:
             )
 
         if out:
+            log_output = truncate_text(out) if truncate_log_output else out
             logger.info(
                 "output from git command #%s: %s",
                 correlation_id,
-                out,
+                log_output,
                 extra={
                     "command_id": correlation_id,
-                    "output": out,
+                    "output": log_output,
                     "path": cwd,
                 },
             )
diff --git a/src/lando/main/scm/hg.py b/src/lando/main/scm/hg.py
index 86a9cb912..3b08f8390 100644
--- a/src/lando/main/scm/hg.py
+++ b/src/lando/main/scm/hg.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     TreeClosed,
 )
 from lando.main.scm.helpers import GitPatchHelper, HgPatchHelper, PatchHelper
+from lando.utils.strings import truncate_text
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -359,7 +360,9 @@ def _prevent_hg_modifications(self, diff_name: str) -> None:
     @override
     def get_patch(self, revision_id: str) -> str | None:
         """Return a complete patch for the given revision, in the git extended diff format."""
-        out = self.run_hg(["export", "--git", "-r", revision_id])
+        out = self.run_hg(
+            ["export", "--git", "-r", revision_id], truncate_log_output=True
+        )
         try:
             return out.decode("utf-8")
         except UnicodeDecodeError:
@@ -657,16 +660,21 @@ def run_hg_cmds(self, cmds: list[list[str]]) -> bytes:
             last_result = self.run_hg(cmd)
         return last_result
 
-    def run_hg(self, args: list[str]) -> bytes:
+    def run_hg(self, args: list[str], *, truncate_log_output: bool = False) -> bytes:
         """Run a single Mercurial command, and return its output.
 
+        If `truncate_log_output` is `True`, only the head and tail of the command's
+        output will be logged. Use this for commands like `hg export` whose
+        full output is too large to be useful in logs. The return value is
+        unaffected.
+
         A specific HgException will be raised on error."""
         try:
-            return self._run_hg(args)
+            return self._run_hg(args, truncate_log_output=truncate_log_output)
         except hglib.error.CommandError as exc:
             raise HgException.from_hglib_error(exc) from exc
 
-    def _run_hg(self, args: list[str]) -> bytes:
+    def _run_hg(self, args: list[str], *, truncate_log_output: bool = False) -> bytes:
         """Use hglib to run a Mercurial command, and return its output."""
         correlation_id = str(uuid.uuid4())
         command_string = " ".join(["hg"] + [shlex.quote(str(arg)) for arg in args])
@@ -697,7 +705,10 @@ def _run_hg(self, args: list[str]) -> bytes:
         out = out.getvalue()
         err = err.getvalue()
         if out:
-            out_string = (out.rstrip().decode(self.ENCODING, errors="replace"),)
+            decoded_output = out.rstrip().decode(self.ENCODING, errors="replace")
+            out_string = (
+                truncate_text(decoded_output) if truncate_log_output else decoded_output
+            )
             logger.info(
                 "output from hg command #%s: %s",
                 correlation_id,
diff --git a/src/lando/utils/strings.py b/src/lando/utils/strings.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbdc65244
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lando/utils/strings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+LOG_OUTPUT_HEAD_LIMIT = 500
+LOG_OUTPUT_TAIL_LIMIT = 200
+
+
+def truncate_text(text: str) -> str:
+    """Trim long text to its head and tail.
+
+    Useful for keeping log volume bounded for commands like `hg export` or
+    `git format-patch` that emit an entire patch, while preserving the most
+    diagnostically useful portions (commit metadata at the start, summary or
+    error trailer at the end).
+    """
+    total = len(text)
+    if total <= LOG_OUTPUT_HEAD_LIMIT + LOG_OUTPUT_TAIL_LIMIT:
+        return text
+
+    head = text[:LOG_OUTPUT_HEAD_LIMIT]
+    tail = text[-LOG_OUTPUT_TAIL_LIMIT:]
+    omitted = total - LOG_OUTPUT_HEAD_LIMIT - LOG_OUTPUT_TAIL_LIMIT
+    return f"{head}\n...[{omitted} bytes omitted]...\n{tail}"
diff --git a/src/lando/utils/tests/test_strings.py b/src/lando/utils/tests/test_strings.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d2ca7be8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lando/utils/tests/test_strings.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import pytest
+
+from lando.utils.strings import (
+    LOG_OUTPUT_HEAD_LIMIT,
+    LOG_OUTPUT_TAIL_LIMIT,
+    truncate_text,
+)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "case_name,input_string",
+    [
+        ("empty", ""),
+        ("short", "hello world"),
+        (
+            "just_under_boundary",
+            "x" * (LOG_OUTPUT_HEAD_LIMIT + LOG_OUTPUT_TAIL_LIMIT - 1),
+        ),
+        ("at_boundary", "x" * (LOG_OUTPUT_HEAD_LIMIT + LOG_OUTPUT_TAIL_LIMIT)),
+    ],
+)
+def test_truncate_text_passes_short_input_through(case_name, input_string):
+    assert (
+        truncate_text(input_string) == input_string
+    ), f"`truncate_text` should leave `{case_name}` input unchanged."
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("middle_size", [1, 1000, 100_000])
+def test_truncate_text_long_keeps_head_and_tail(middle_size):
+    head = "H" * LOG_OUTPUT_HEAD_LIMIT
+    middle = "M" * middle_size
+    tail = "T" * LOG_OUTPUT_TAIL_LIMIT
+    long_output = head + middle + tail
+
+    result = truncate_text(long_output)
+
+    assert result.startswith(
+        head
+    ), "Truncated text should preserve the first `LOG_OUTPUT_HEAD_LIMIT` characters."
+    assert result.endswith(
+        tail
+    ), "Truncated text should preserve the last `LOG_OUTPUT_TAIL_LIMIT` characters."
+    assert (
+        f"[{middle_size} bytes omitted]" in result
+    ), "Truncated text should include a marker reporting the omitted byte count."
+    assert (
+        "M" not in result
+    ), "Truncated text should not contain any of the omitted middle section."