diff --git a/.changeset/clean-roots-match.md b/.changeset/clean-roots-match.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..04dbd2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/clean-roots-match.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'frog': patch
+---
+
+Normalize Git repository roots before binding the file store so Windows commands accept equivalent path separators.
diff --git a/src/cli/internal/context.test.ts b/src/cli/internal/context.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d85fe79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cli/internal/context.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import path from 'node:path'
+import * as helpers from '../../../test/helpers.js'
+import * as context from './context.js'
+
+test('behavior: normalizes the repository root for local consumers', async () => {
+  const cwd = await helpers.repo()
+
+  expect((await context.resolve({ cwd })).root).toBe(path.resolve(cwd))
+})
diff --git a/src/cli/internal/context.ts b/src/cli/internal/context.ts
index fc9a591..e98c271 100644
--- a/src/cli/internal/context.ts
+++ b/src/cli/internal/context.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import path from 'node:path'
 import { z } from 'incur'
 import * as Config from '../../Config.js'
 import * as Git from '../../Git.js'
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ export type Context = {
  */
 export async function resolve(options: resolve.Options = {}): Promise<Context> {
   const cwd = options.cwd ?? process.cwd()
-  const root = (await Git.root({ cwd })) ?? cwd
+  const root = path.resolve((await Git.root({ cwd })) ?? cwd)
   const remote = await Git.repo({ cwd: root })
   const config = await Config.resolve({
     root,