diff --git a/scripts/reload.sh b/scripts/reload.sh
index 2124abaa..a7fb147a 100755
--- a/scripts/reload.sh
+++ b/scripts/reload.sh
@@ -242,6 +242,10 @@ OPEN_CLEAN_ENV=(
   -u GHOSTTY_BIN_DIR
   -u GHOSTTY_RESOURCES_DIR
   -u GHOSTTY_SHELL_FEATURES
+  # Dev shells (including CI/Codex) often force-disable paging by exporting these.
+  # Don't leak that into cmuxterm, otherwise `git diff` won't page even with PAGER=less.
+  -u GIT_PAGER
+  -u GH_PAGER
   -u TERMINFO
   -u XDG_DATA_DIRS
 )
diff --git a/scripts/reloadp.sh b/scripts/reloadp.sh
index c00c8a1e..dfae1eef 100755
--- a/scripts/reloadp.sh
+++ b/scripts/reloadp.sh
@@ -15,5 +15,7 @@ if [[ -z "${APP_PATH}" ]]; then
   echo "cmuxterm.app not found in DerivedData" >&2
   exit 1
 fi
-open "$APP_PATH"
+# Dev shells (including CI/Codex) often force-disable paging by exporting these.
+# Don't leak that into cmuxterm, otherwise `git diff` won't page even with PAGER=less.
+env -u GIT_PAGER -u GH_PAGER open "$APP_PATH"
 osascript -e 'tell application "cmuxterm" to activate' || true