diff --git a/tests/test_doc_sync_executor.py b/tests/test_doc_sync_executor.py
index cb8ac70..b9a4064 100644
--- a/tests/test_doc_sync_executor.py
+++ b/tests/test_doc_sync_executor.py
@@ -60,23 +60,36 @@ class TestDocSyncExecutor:
             mock_upstream_dir = MagicMock()
             mock_gitea_dir = MagicMock()
 
-            # Setup directory mocking
-            mock_upstream_dir.iterdir.return_value = [
-                MagicMock(name=".git", is_dir=lambda: True),
-                MagicMock(name="README.md", is_dir=lambda: False),
-                MagicMock(name="docs", is_dir=lambda: True),
-            ]
-            mock_gitea_dir.iterdir.return_value = [
-                MagicMock(name=".git", is_dir=lambda: True)
-            ]
+            # Setup directory mocking. MagicMock(name=...) sets the mock's
+            # repr, not its .name attribute (classic gotcha — see
+            # test_executor_sync_specific_paths) — set .name explicitly so
+            # execute()'s `item.name != '.git'` check actually excludes it.
+            git_item = MagicMock(is_dir=lambda: True)
+            git_item.name = ".git"
+            readme_item = MagicMock(is_dir=lambda: False)
+            readme_item.name = "README.md"
+            docs_item = MagicMock(is_dir=lambda: True)
+            docs_item.name = "docs"
+            mock_upstream_dir.iterdir.return_value = [git_item, readme_item, docs_item]
+
+            gitea_git_item = MagicMock(is_dir=lambda: True)
+            gitea_git_item.name = ".git"
+            mock_gitea_dir.iterdir.return_value = [gitea_git_item]
 
             mock_path.return_value = mock_work_dir
             mock_work_dir.__truediv__.side_effect = [mock_upstream_dir, mock_gitea_dir]
 
-            # Mock git status to show changes
+            # Mock git status to show changes. _get_git_commit is patched
+            # separately above and never calls the real _run_command, so it
+            # does not consume a slot in this side_effect list — the actual
+            # call order for this (clone-succeeds, entire-repo) path is:
+            # clone upstream, clone gitea, add, status, commit, tag, push
+            # branch, push tag. The list previously reserved a slot for
+            # "git rev-parse HEAD" that _run_command is never asked for,
+            # which shifted "M  README.md\n" one call late and made
+            # `git status --porcelain` see "" (no changes) instead.
             mock_run.side_effect = [
                 "",  # git clone upstream
-                "",  # git rev-parse HEAD
                 "",  # git clone gitea
                 "",  # git add
                 "M  README.md\n",  # git status --porcelain (has changes)
@@ -108,7 +121,15 @@ class TestDocSyncExecutor:
 
             mock_get_commit.return_value = "abc123"
 
-            # Mock path operations
+            # Mock path operations. work_dir = Path(...) resolves to
+            # mock_path.return_value — mock_upstream_dir/mock_gitea_dir have
+            # to be reachable from there via __truediv__, the same way
+            # test_executor_successful_sync_entire_repo wires it, or
+            # `upstream_dir / doc_path` never reaches these mocks at all and
+            # falls through to an unconfigured auto-generated MagicMock
+            # instead (observed failure: TypeError joining a MagicMock into
+            # ', '.join(copied_paths)).
+            mock_work_dir = MagicMock()
             mock_upstream_dir = MagicMock()
             mock_gitea_dir = MagicMock()
             mock_docs = MagicMock(name="docs")
@@ -121,6 +142,8 @@ class TestDocSyncExecutor:
             mock_examples.is_dir.return_value = True
             mock_examples.name = "examples"
 
+            mock_path.return_value = mock_work_dir
+            mock_work_dir.__truediv__.side_effect = [mock_upstream_dir, mock_gitea_dir]
             mock_upstream_dir.__truediv__.side_effect = [mock_docs, mock_examples]
             mock_gitea_dir.iterdir.return_value = []
 
@@ -159,13 +182,27 @@ class TestDocSyncExecutor:
 
             mock_run.side_effect = run_command_side_effect
 
-            # Setup minimal mocking
+            # Setup minimal mocking. sample_doc_sync_config's docs_paths is
+            # ["/docs"] (tests/conftest.py), so execute() takes the
+            # specific-paths branch and needs `upstream_dir / "docs"` wired
+            # to something with a real string .name — see
+            # test_executor_sync_specific_paths for the same wiring gap and
+            # the TypeError it produces unwired.
             mock_work_dir = MagicMock()
             mock_upstream_dir = MagicMock()
             mock_gitea_dir = MagicMock()
             mock_gitea_dir.iterdir.return_value = []
             mock_upstream_dir.iterdir.return_value = []
 
+            mock_docs = MagicMock()
+            mock_docs.exists.return_value = True
+            mock_docs.is_dir.return_value = True
+            mock_docs.name = "docs"
+
+            mock_path.return_value = mock_work_dir
+            mock_work_dir.__truediv__.side_effect = [mock_upstream_dir, mock_gitea_dir]
+            mock_upstream_dir.__truediv__.side_effect = [mock_docs]
+
             result = await doc_sync_executor.execute(sample_doc_sync_config, test_settings)
 
             assert "already up to date" in result.lower() or "no changes" in result.lower()