diff --git a/functions/_fifc_source_files.fish b/functions/_fifc_source_files.fish
index 91e0a68..4561b63 100644
--- a/functions/_fifc_source_files.fish
+++ b/functions/_fifc_source_files.fish
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ function _fifc_source_files -d "Return a command to recursively find files"
         else if test "$raw_path" = "."
             echo "fd . $fifc_fd_opts --color=always --hidden $fd_custom_opts"
         else if test -n "$hidden"
-            echo "fd . $fifc_fd_opts --color=always --hidden -- $escaped_path | string replace --regex -- \"$home_re\" '~'"
+            # Explicitly-typed path: reveal gitignored entries (bare completion still respects .gitignore)
+            echo "fd . $fifc_fd_opts --color=always --no-ignore-vcs --hidden -- $escaped_path | string replace --regex -- \"$home_re\" '~'"
         else
-            echo "fd . $fifc_fd_opts --color=always -- $escaped_path | string replace --regex -- \"$home_re\" '~'"
+            # Explicitly-typed path: reveal gitignored entries (bare completion still respects .gitignore)
+            echo "fd . $fifc_fd_opts --color=always --no-ignore-vcs -- $escaped_path | string replace --regex -- \"$home_re\" '~'"
         end
     else if test -n "$hidden"
         # Use sed to strip cwd prefix
diff --git a/tests/test_source_files.fish b/tests/test_source_files.fish
index a63bc42..5da2d9b 100644
--- a/tests/test_source_files.fish
+++ b/tests/test_source_files.fish
@@ -16,6 +16,29 @@ set actual (_fifc_source_files)
 @test "source files cwd with spaces" "$actual" = "fd . --type f --color=always --strip-cwd-prefix"
 
 cd "$curr_pwd"
+
+# An explicitly-typed subdirectory bypasses gitignore so its ignored entries appear.
+set fifc_fd_opts
+set fifc_query
+set fifc_token docs/
+set typed (_fifc_source_files)
+if string match --quiet -- "*--no-ignore-vcs*" "$typed"
+    set has_no_ignore yes
+else
+    set has_no_ignore no
+end
+@test "source files typed path bypasses gitignore" "$has_no_ignore" = yes
+
+# Bare completion keeps respecting gitignore (no unignore flag).
+set fifc_token ""
+set bare (_fifc_source_files)
+if string match --quiet -- "*--no-ignore*" "$bare"
+    set bare_no_ignore yes
+else
+    set bare_no_ignore no
+end
+@test "source files bare completion respects gitignore" "$bare_no_ignore" = no
+
 set fifc_fd_opts $curr_fifc_fd_opts
 set fifc_query $curr_fifc_query
 set fifc_token $curr_fifc_token