diff --git a/modules/git/parse_nogogit.go b/modules/git/parse_nogogit.go
index c8f0f994f..fb5b63def 100644
--- a/modules/git/parse_nogogit.go
+++ b/modules/git/parse_nogogit.go
@@ -22,70 +22,72 @@ func ParseTreeEntries(data []byte) ([]*TreeEntry, error) {
 	return parseTreeEntries(data, nil)
 }
 
+var sepSpace = []byte{' '}
+
 func parseTreeEntries(data []byte, ptree *Tree) ([]*TreeEntry, error) {
-	entries := make([]*TreeEntry, 0, 10)
+	var err error
+	entries := make([]*TreeEntry, 0, bytes.Count(data, []byte{'\n'})+1)
 	for pos := 0; pos < len(data); {
-		// expect line to be of the form "<mode> <type> <sha> <space-padded-size>\t<filename>"
+		// expect line to be of the form:
+		// <mode> <type> <sha> <space-padded-size>\t<filename>
+		// <mode> <type> <sha>\t<filename>
+		posEnd := bytes.IndexByte(data[pos:], '\n')
+		if posEnd == -1 {
+			posEnd = len(data)
+		} else {
+			posEnd += pos
+		}
+		line := data[pos:posEnd]
+		posTab := bytes.IndexByte(line, '\t')
+		if posTab == -1 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid ls-tree output (no tab): %q", line)
+		}
+
 		entry := new(TreeEntry)
 		entry.ptree = ptree
-		if pos+6 > len(data) {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid ls-tree output: %s", string(data))
+
+		entryAttrs := line[:posTab]
+		entryName := line[posTab+1:]
+
+		entryMode, entryAttrs, _ := bytes.Cut(entryAttrs, sepSpace)
+		_ /* entryType */, entryAttrs, _ = bytes.Cut(entryAttrs, sepSpace) // the type is not used, the mode is enough to determine the type
+		entryObjectID, entryAttrs, _ := bytes.Cut(entryAttrs, sepSpace)
+		if len(entryAttrs) > 0 {
+			entrySize := entryAttrs // the last field is the space-padded-size
+			entry.size, _ = strconv.ParseInt(strings.TrimSpace(string(entrySize)), 10, 64)
+			entry.sized = true
 		}
-		switch string(data[pos : pos+6]) {
+
+		switch string(entryMode) {
 		case "100644":
 			entry.entryMode = EntryModeBlob
-			pos += 12 // skip over "100644 blob "
 		case "100755":
 			entry.entryMode = EntryModeExec
-			pos += 12 // skip over "100755 blob "
 		case "120000":
 			entry.entryMode = EntryModeSymlink
-			pos += 12 // skip over "120000 blob "
 		case "160000":
 			entry.entryMode = EntryModeCommit
-			pos += 14 // skip over "160000 object "
 		case "040000", "040755": // git uses 040000 for tree object, but some users may get 040755 for unknown reasons
 			entry.entryMode = EntryModeTree
-			pos += 12 // skip over "040000 tree "
 		default:
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown type: %v", string(data[pos:pos+6]))
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown type: %v", string(entryMode))
 		}
 
-		if pos+40 > len(data) {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid ls-tree output: %s", string(data))
-		}
-		id, err := NewIDFromString(string(data[pos : pos+40]))
+		entry.ID, err = NewIDFromString(string(entryObjectID))
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid ls-tree output: %v", err)
-		}
-		entry.ID = id
-		pos += 41 // skip over sha and trailing space
-
-		end := pos + bytes.IndexByte(data[pos:], '\t')
-		if end < pos {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid ls-tree -l output: %s", string(data))
-		}
-		entry.size, _ = strconv.ParseInt(strings.TrimSpace(string(data[pos:end])), 10, 64)
-		entry.sized = true
-
-		pos = end + 1
-
-		end = pos + bytes.IndexByte(data[pos:], '\n')
-		if end < pos {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid ls-tree output: %s", string(data))
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid ls-tree output (invalid object id): %q, err: %w", line, err)
 		}
 
-		// In case entry name is surrounded by double quotes(it happens only in git-shell).
-		if data[pos] == '"' {
-			entry.name, err = strconv.Unquote(string(data[pos:end]))
+		if len(entryName) > 0 && entryName[0] == '"' {
+			entry.name, err = strconv.Unquote(string(entryName))
 			if err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("Invalid ls-tree output: %v", err)
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid ls-tree output (invalid name): %q, err: %w", line, err)
 			}
 		} else {
-			entry.name = string(data[pos:end])
+			entry.name = string(entryName)
 		}
 
-		pos = end + 1
+		pos = posEnd + 1
 		entries = append(entries, entry)
 	}
 	return entries, nil
diff --git a/modules/git/parse_nogogit_test.go b/modules/git/parse_nogogit_test.go
index 483f96e9a..cecd3960d 100644
--- a/modules/git/parse_nogogit_test.go
+++ b/modules/git/parse_nogogit_test.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
 
-func TestParseTreeEntries(t *testing.T) {
+func TestParseTreeEntriesLong(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		Input    string
 		Expected []*TreeEntry
@@ -59,11 +59,47 @@ func TestParseTreeEntries(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.Len(t, entries, len(testCase.Expected))
 		for i, entry := range entries {
-			assert.EqualValues(t, testCase.Expected[i].ID, entry.ID)
-			assert.EqualValues(t, testCase.Expected[i].name, entry.name)
-			assert.EqualValues(t, testCase.Expected[i].entryMode, entry.entryMode)
-			assert.EqualValues(t, testCase.Expected[i].sized, entry.sized)
-			assert.EqualValues(t, testCase.Expected[i].size, entry.size)
+			assert.EqualValues(t, testCase.Expected[i], entry)
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestParseTreeEntriesShort(t *testing.T) {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		Input    string
+		Expected []*TreeEntry
+	}{
+		{
+			Input: `100644 blob ea0d83c9081af9500ac9f804101b3fd0a5c293af	README.md
+040000 tree 84b90550547016f73c5dd3f50dea662389e67b6d	assets
+`,
+			Expected: []*TreeEntry{
+				{
+					ID:        MustIDFromString("ea0d83c9081af9500ac9f804101b3fd0a5c293af"),
+					name:      "README.md",
+					entryMode: EntryModeBlob,
+				},
+				{
+					ID:        MustIDFromString("84b90550547016f73c5dd3f50dea662389e67b6d"),
+					name:      "assets",
+					entryMode: EntryModeTree,
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, testCase := range testCases {
+		entries, err := ParseTreeEntries([]byte(testCase.Input))
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Len(t, entries, len(testCase.Expected))
+		for i, entry := range entries {
+			assert.EqualValues(t, testCase.Expected[i], entry)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestParseTreeEntriesInvalid(t *testing.T) {
+	// there was a panic: "runtime error: slice bounds out of range" when the input was invalid: #20315
+	entries, err := ParseTreeEntries([]byte("100644 blob ea0d83c9081af9500ac9f804101b3fd0a5c293af"))
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+	assert.Len(t, entries, 0)
+}
diff --git a/modules/git/repo_language_stats_nogogit.go b/modules/git/repo_language_stats_nogogit.go
index d237924f9..7388ef403 100644
--- a/modules/git/repo_language_stats_nogogit.go
+++ b/modules/git/repo_language_stats_nogogit.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (repo *Repository) GetLanguageStats(commitID string) (map[string]int64, err
 
 	tree := commit.Tree
 
-	entries, err := tree.ListEntriesRecursive()
+	entries, err := tree.ListEntriesRecursiveWithSize()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/modules/git/tree_gogit.go b/modules/git/tree_gogit.go
index 54f8e140f..480c5e44d 100644
--- a/modules/git/tree_gogit.go
+++ b/modules/git/tree_gogit.go
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ func (t *Tree) ListEntries() (Entries, error) {
 	return entries, nil
 }
 
-// ListEntriesRecursive returns all entries of current tree recursively including all subtrees
-func (t *Tree) ListEntriesRecursive() (Entries, error) {
+// ListEntriesRecursiveWithSize returns all entries of current tree recursively including all subtrees
+func (t *Tree) ListEntriesRecursiveWithSize() (Entries, error) {
 	if t.gogitTree == nil {
 		err := t.loadTreeObject()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -92,3 +92,8 @@ func (t *Tree) ListEntriesRecursive() (Entries, error) {
 
 	return entries, nil
 }
+
+// ListEntriesRecursiveFast is the alias of ListEntriesRecursiveWithSize for the gogit version
+func (t *Tree) ListEntriesRecursiveFast() (Entries, error) {
+	return t.ListEntriesRecursiveWithSize()
+}
diff --git a/modules/git/tree_nogogit.go b/modules/git/tree_nogogit.go
index 7defb064a..d61d19e4c 100644
--- a/modules/git/tree_nogogit.go
+++ b/modules/git/tree_nogogit.go
@@ -99,13 +99,16 @@ func (t *Tree) ListEntries() (Entries, error) {
 	return t.entries, err
 }
 
-// ListEntriesRecursive returns all entries of current tree recursively including all subtrees
-func (t *Tree) ListEntriesRecursive() (Entries, error) {
+// listEntriesRecursive returns all entries of current tree recursively including all subtrees
+// extraArgs could be "-l" to get the size, which is slower
+func (t *Tree) listEntriesRecursive(extraArgs ...string) (Entries, error) {
 	if t.entriesRecursiveParsed {
 		return t.entriesRecursive, nil
 	}
 
-	stdout, _, runErr := NewCommand(t.repo.Ctx, "ls-tree", "-t", "-l", "-r", t.ID.String()).RunStdBytes(&RunOpts{Dir: t.repo.Path})
+	args := append([]string{"ls-tree", "-t", "-r"}, extraArgs...)
+	args = append(args, t.ID.String())
+	stdout, _, runErr := NewCommand(t.repo.Ctx, args...).RunStdBytes(&RunOpts{Dir: t.repo.Path})
 	if runErr != nil {
 		return nil, runErr
 	}
@@ -118,3 +121,13 @@ func (t *Tree) ListEntriesRecursive() (Entries, error) {
 
 	return t.entriesRecursive, err
 }
+
+// ListEntriesRecursiveFast returns all entries of current tree recursively including all subtrees, no size
+func (t *Tree) ListEntriesRecursiveFast() (Entries, error) {
+	return t.listEntriesRecursive()
+}
+
+// ListEntriesRecursiveWithSize returns all entries of current tree recursively including all subtrees, with size
+func (t *Tree) ListEntriesRecursiveWithSize() (Entries, error) {
+	return t.listEntriesRecursive("--long")
+}
diff --git a/routers/web/repo/treelist.go b/routers/web/repo/treelist.go
index 35ac0d507..80f43a0c4 100644
--- a/routers/web/repo/treelist.go
+++ b/routers/web/repo/treelist.go
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ func TreeList(ctx *context.Context) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	entries, err := tree.ListEntriesRecursive()
+	entries, err := tree.ListEntriesRecursiveFast()
 	if err != nil {
-		ctx.ServerError("ListEntriesRecursive", err)
+		ctx.ServerError("ListEntriesRecursiveFast", err)
 		return
 	}
 	entries.CustomSort(base.NaturalSortLess)
diff --git a/services/repository/files/tree.go b/services/repository/files/tree.go
index caad73288..59e569097 100644
--- a/services/repository/files/tree.go
+++ b/services/repository/files/tree.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func GetTreeBySHA(ctx context.Context, repo *repo_model.Repository, gitRepo *git
 	tree.URL = repo.APIURL() + "/git/trees/" + url.PathEscape(tree.SHA)
 	var entries git.Entries
 	if recursive {
-		entries, err = gitTree.ListEntriesRecursive()
+		entries, err = gitTree.ListEntriesRecursiveWithSize()
 	} else {
 		entries, err = gitTree.ListEntries()
 	}