diff --git a/scripts/verify_static_analysis_policy.py b/scripts/verify_static_analysis_policy.py
index 14154b7..c68f6eb 100644
--- a/scripts/verify_static_analysis_policy.py
+++ b/scripts/verify_static_analysis_policy.py
@@ -89,10 +89,32 @@ def _excluded_path_values(policy: Mapping[str, Any]) -> tuple[str, ...]:
     )
 
 
+def _tracked_python_files(repo_root: Path) -> frozenset[str] | None:
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        ["git", "ls-files", "--cached", "--", "*.py"],
+        cwd=repo_root,
+        capture_output=True,
+        text=True,
+        encoding="utf-8",
+        errors="replace",
+        check=False,
+        shell=False,
+    )
+    if result.returncode != 0:
+        return None
+    # IMPORTANT: governance ownership must not include ignored maintainer-local files.
+    return frozenset(
+        line.strip().replace("\\", "/")
+        for line in result.stdout.splitlines()
+        if line.strip()
+    )
+
+
 def discover_owned_python_files(
     repo_root: Path, policy: Mapping[str, Any]
 ) -> tuple[str, ...]:
     excluded = _excluded_path_values(policy)
+    tracked_files = _tracked_python_files(repo_root)
     discovered: set[str] = set()
     for root_value in policy.get("production_roots", []):
         root_path = repo_root / str(root_value)
@@ -105,6 +127,8 @@ def discover_owned_python_files(
             continue
         for candidate in candidates:
             relative = _repo_relative_path(candidate, repo_root)
+            if tracked_files is not None and relative not in tracked_files:
+                continue
             if any(_path_within(relative, excluded_path) for excluded_path in excluded):
                 continue
             discovered.add(relative)
diff --git a/tests/static_analysis_policy.json b/tests/static_analysis_policy.json
index b5f7741..78c4c15 100644
--- a/tests/static_analysis_policy.json
+++ b/tests/static_analysis_policy.json
@@ -4354,27 +4354,6 @@
       "message": "Use `contextlib.suppress(KeyboardInterrupt)` instead of `try`-`except`-`pass`",
       "count": 1
     },
-    {
-      "tool": "ruff",
-      "path": "scripts/sync_split.py",
-      "code": "C416",
-      "message": "Unnecessary dict comprehension (rewrite using `dict()`)",
-      "count": 1
-    },
-    {
-      "tool": "ruff",
-      "path": "scripts/sync_split.py",
-      "code": "I001",
-      "message": "Import block is un-sorted or un-formatted",
-      "count": 1
-    },
-    {
-      "tool": "ruff",
-      "path": "scripts/sync_split.py",
-      "code": "UP035",
-      "message": "Import from `collections.abc` instead: `Iterable`",
-      "count": 1
-    },
     {
       "tool": "ruff",
       "path": "scripts/verify_exception_boundary_policy.py",
diff --git a/tests/test_r217_static_analysis_policy.py b/tests/test_r217_static_analysis_policy.py
index 2b7124a..f932fe9 100644
--- a/tests/test_r217_static_analysis_policy.py
+++ b/tests/test_r217_static_analysis_policy.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import json
+import subprocess
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import unittest
@@ -88,6 +89,48 @@ class TestStaticAnalysisPolicy(unittest.TestCase):
             ),
         )
 
+    def test_git_worktree_discovery_excludes_ignored_and_untracked_python(self):
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
+            root = Path(tmp)
+            self._create_repo(root)
+            (root / ".gitignore").write_text("pkg/local_ignored.py\n", encoding="utf-8")
+            (root / "pkg" / "local_ignored.py").write_text(
+                "IGNORED = True\n", encoding="utf-8"
+            )
+            (root / "pkg" / "local_untracked.py").write_text(
+                "UNTRACKED = True\n", encoding="utf-8"
+            )
+            subprocess.run(
+                ["git", "init", "--quiet"], cwd=root, check=True, capture_output=True
+            )
+            subprocess.run(
+                [
+                    "git",
+                    "add",
+                    ".gitignore",
+                    "config.py",
+                    "pkg/owned.py",
+                    "pkg/clean.py",
+                    "pkg/generated.py",
+                    "pkg/nested/child.py",
+                ],
+                cwd=root,
+                check=True,
+                capture_output=True,
+            )
+
+            files = policy_module.discover_owned_python_files(root, self._policy())
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            files,
+            (
+                "config.py",
+                "pkg/clean.py",
+                "pkg/nested/child.py",
+                "pkg/owned.py",
+            ),
+        )
+
     def test_exact_baseline_passes(self):
         policy = self._policy()
         current = Counter(