diff --git a/src/makePatch.ts b/src/makePatch.ts
index 8ebeab17..f44c0459 100644
--- a/src/makePatch.ts
+++ b/src/makePatch.ts
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ export function makePatch({
       spawnSafeSync("git", args, {
         cwd: tmpRepo.name,
         env: { ...process.env, HOME: tmpRepo.name },
+        maxBuffer: 1024 * 1024 * 100,
       })
 
     // remove nested node_modules just to be safe