diff --git a/go/cmd/dolt/commands/remote_test.go b/go/cmd/dolt/commands/remote_test.go
index af0c626f1f4..bc1c8eafc9e 100644
--- a/go/cmd/dolt/commands/remote_test.go
+++ b/go/cmd/dolt/commands/remote_test.go
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func TestRemoteAdd_StoresNormalizedGitUrl(t *testing.T) {
 	normalized, ok, err := env.NormalizeGitRemoteUrl(original)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.True(t, ok)
-	assert.Equal(t, "git+ssh://git@github.com/timsehn/dolt-in-git.git", normalized)
+	assert.Equal(t, "git+ssh://git@github.com/./timsehn/dolt-in-git.git", normalized)
 
 	urlToStore := original
 	if strings.HasPrefix(strings.ToLower(scheme), "git+") {
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/dbfactory/git_remote.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/dbfactory/git_remote.go
index 1fe1e73e3fd..deafd3ff484 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/dbfactory/git_remote.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/dbfactory/git_remote.go
@@ -134,10 +134,11 @@ func (fact GitRemoteFactory) CreateDB(ctx context.Context, nbf *types.NomsBinFor
 	}
 
 	// Ensure the configured git remote exists and points to the underlying git remote URL.
-	if err := ensureGitRemoteURL(ctx, cacheRepo, remoteName, remoteURL.String()); err != nil {
+	gitURL := gitRemoteURLString(remoteURL)
+	if err := ensureGitRemoteURL(ctx, cacheRepo, remoteName, gitURL); err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, nil, err
 	}
-	if err := ensureRemoteHasBranches(ctx, cacheRepo, remoteName, remoteURL.String()); err != nil {
+	if err := ensureRemoteHasBranches(ctx, cacheRepo, remoteName, gitURL); err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, nil, err
 	}
 
@@ -186,6 +187,23 @@ func parseGitRemoteFactoryURL(urlObj *url.URL, params map[string]interface{}) (r
 	return &cp, ref, nil
 }
 
+// gitRemoteURLString converts a parsed remote URL back to a string suitable for
+// passing to git commands. If the URL has an ssh scheme and the path starts with
+// "/./", it was originally an SCP-style relative path (e.g. git@host:path.git).
+// We reconstruct SCP-style format so git treats the path as relative to the SSH
+// user's home directory.
+func gitRemoteURLString(u *url.URL) string {
+	if strings.ToLower(u.Scheme) == "ssh" && strings.HasPrefix(u.Path, "/./") {
+		// Reconstruct SCP-style: [user@]host:relativePath
+		host := u.Host
+		if u.User != nil {
+			host = u.User.String() + "@" + u.Host
+		}
+		return host + ":" + strings.TrimPrefix(u.Path, "/./")
+	}
+	return u.String()
+}
+
 func resolveGitRemoteRef(params map[string]interface{}) string {
 	// Prefer an explicit remote parameter (e.g. from `--ref`).
 	if params != nil {
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/dbfactory/git_remote_test.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/dbfactory/git_remote_test.go
index 618dbc02738..cd7c586ce73 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/dbfactory/git_remote_test.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/dbfactory/git_remote_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/sha256"
 	"encoding/hex"
+	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -49,6 +50,43 @@ func shortTempDir(t *testing.T) string {
 	return dir
 }
 
+func TestGitRemoteURLString(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		rawURL   string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:     "ssh relative path reconstructs SCP-style",
+			rawURL:   "ssh://git@myhost/./relative/repo.git",
+			expected: "git@myhost:relative/repo.git",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "ssh absolute path unchanged",
+			rawURL:   "ssh://git@myhost/abs/repo.git",
+			expected: "ssh://git@myhost/abs/repo.git",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "https unchanged",
+			rawURL:   "https://example.com/org/repo.git",
+			expected: "https://example.com/org/repo.git",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "ssh no user relative path",
+			rawURL:   "ssh://myhost/./relative/repo.git",
+			expected: "myhost:relative/repo.git",
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			u, err := url.Parse(tt.rawURL)
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			got := gitRemoteURLString(u)
+			require.Equal(t, tt.expected, got)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestGitRemoteFactory_GitFile_RequiresGitCacheRootParam(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	_, _, _, err := CreateDB(ctx, types.Format_Default, "git+file:///tmp/remote.git", map[string]interface{}{})
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/env/git_remote_url.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/env/git_remote_url.go
index 0cb588855e0..c014e5f5cb1 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/env/git_remote_url.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/env/git_remote_url.go
@@ -74,7 +74,15 @@ func NormalizeGitRemoteUrl(urlArg string) (normalized string, ok bool, err error
 	// scp-like ssh: [user@]host:path/repo.git (no scheme, no ://)
 	if isScpLikeGitRemote(urlArg) {
 		host, p := splitScpLike(urlArg)
-		ssh := "git+ssh://" + host + "/" + strings.TrimPrefix(p, "/")
+		var pathPart string
+		if strings.HasPrefix(p, "/") {
+			// Absolute path: git@host:/abs/repo.git → /abs/repo.git
+			pathPart = p
+		} else {
+			// Relative path: git@host:path.git → /./path.git
+			pathPart = "/./" + p
+		}
+		ssh := "git+ssh://" + host + pathPart
 		u, err := url.Parse(ssh)
 		if err != nil {
 			return "", false, err
diff --git a/go/libraries/doltcore/env/git_remote_url_test.go b/go/libraries/doltcore/env/git_remote_url_test.go
index 122451291ab..e764d64de17 100644
--- a/go/libraries/doltcore/env/git_remote_url_test.go
+++ b/go/libraries/doltcore/env/git_remote_url_test.go
@@ -43,11 +43,18 @@ func TestNormalizeGitRemoteUrl(t *testing.T) {
 		require.Equal(t, "git+https://example.com/org/repo.git", got)
 	})
 
-	t.Run("scp-style becomes git+ssh", func(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Run("scp-style relative becomes git+ssh with dot marker", func(t *testing.T) {
 		got, ok, err := NormalizeGitRemoteUrl("git@github.com:org/repo.git")
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		require.True(t, ok)
-		require.Equal(t, "git+ssh://git@github.com/org/repo.git", got)
+		require.Equal(t, "git+ssh://git@github.com/./org/repo.git", got)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("scp-style absolute becomes git+ssh without dot marker", func(t *testing.T) {
+		got, ok, err := NormalizeGitRemoteUrl("git@host:/abs/repo.git")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.True(t, ok)
+		require.Equal(t, "git+ssh://git@host/abs/repo.git", got)
 	})
 
 	t.Run("schemeless host/path defaults to git+https", func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/integration-tests/bats/remote-cmd.bats b/integration-tests/bats/remote-cmd.bats
index fd3aad4ccda..f5955eb6c95 100755
--- a/integration-tests/bats/remote-cmd.bats
+++ b/integration-tests/bats/remote-cmd.bats
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ teardown() {
 
     run dolt remote -v
     [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
-    [[ "$output" =~ origin[[:blank:]]git[+]ssh://git@github.com/org/repo[.]git ]] || false
+    [[ "$output" =~ origin[[:blank:]]git[+]ssh://git@github.com/[.]/org/repo[.]git ]] || false
 }
 
 @test "remote-cmd: stores normalized git+https url for https .git input" {
diff --git a/integration-tests/bats/remotes-git.bats b/integration-tests/bats/remotes-git.bats
index f95bc0e4253..8a31a4dbacd 100644
--- a/integration-tests/bats/remotes-git.bats
+++ b/integration-tests/bats/remotes-git.bats
@@ -536,6 +536,125 @@ seed_git_remote_branch() {
     [[ "$output" =~ "terminal prompts disabled" ]] || false
 }
 
+@test "remotes-git: scp-style relative path is not converted to absolute (#10564)" {
+    # Regression test for https://github.com/dolthub/dolt/issues/10564
+    # When a user adds a remote as `git@host:relative/repo.git` (SCP-style,
+    # relative path), the path must NOT become absolute when passed to git.
+    # Bug: dolt was converting this to `ssh://git@host/relative/repo.git`
+    # which git interprets as absolute path `/relative/repo.git`.
+
+    install_fake_git_url_recorder
+
+    old_path="$PATH"
+    export PATH="$BATS_TMPDIR/fakebin:$PATH"
+    export DOLT_IGNORE_LOCK_FILE=1
+
+    mkdir repo1
+    cd repo1
+    dolt init
+    dolt commit --allow-empty -m "init"
+    dolt remote add origin git@myhost:relative/repo.git
+
+    # Trigger CreateDB → ensureGitRemoteURL → git remote add (in internal cache repo).
+    # The push will ultimately fail (fake host), but we only need the remote-add to fire.
+    run dolt push origin main
+
+    export PATH="$old_path"
+
+    # The fake git recorded the URL it received for `git remote add`.
+    [ -f "$BATS_TMPDIR/recorded_remote_urls" ]
+    recorded_url=$(tail -1 "$BATS_TMPDIR/recorded_remote_urls")
+
+    # The URL passed to git must NOT convert the relative SCP path into an
+    # absolute SSH path.  `ssh://git@myhost/relative/repo.git` is wrong because
+    # the leading `/` makes git send `git-upload-pack '/relative/repo.git'` to
+    # the server — an absolute filesystem path.
+    #
+    # Acceptable forms:
+    #   git@myhost:relative/repo.git          (SCP-style, preserves relative)
+    #   ssh://git@myhost/./relative/repo.git  (explicit relative marker)
+    if [[ "$recorded_url" != "git@myhost:relative/repo.git" && \
+          "$recorded_url" != "ssh://git@myhost/./relative/repo.git" ]]; then
+        echo "BUG: Unexpected URL passed to git remote add: $recorded_url"
+        echo "Expected one of:"
+        echo "  git@myhost:relative/repo.git"
+        echo "  ssh://git@myhost/./relative/repo.git"
+        echo "Got: $recorded_url"
+        false
+    fi
+}
+
+install_fake_git_url_recorder() {
+    # Fake git that records the URL passed to `git remote add` so tests can
+    # inspect whether SCP-style relative paths survive normalization intact.
+    # Behaves like install_fake_git_auth_failure but also writes the remote-add
+    # URL to a well-known file for later assertion.
+    mkdir -p "$BATS_TMPDIR/fakebin"
+    cat > "$BATS_TMPDIR/fakebin/git" <<'FAKEGIT'
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+git_dir=""
+if [[ "${1:-}" == "--git-dir" ]]; then
+  git_dir="${2:-}"
+  shift 2
+fi
+
+cmd="${1:-}"
+shift || true
+
+case "$cmd" in
+  init)
+    if [[ "${1:-}" == "--bare" ]]; then
+      mkdir -p "$git_dir"
+      exit 0
+    fi
+    ;;
+  remote)
+    sub="${1:-}"; shift || true
+    case "$sub" in
+      get-url)
+        shift || true # consume --
+        name="${1:-}"
+        f="${git_dir}/remote_${name}_url"
+        if [[ -f "$f" ]]; then
+          cat "$f"
+          exit 0
+        fi
+        echo "fatal: No such remote '$name'" >&2
+        exit 2
+        ;;
+      add|set-url)
+        shift || true # consume --
+        name="${1:-}"; url="${2:-}"
+        mkdir -p "$git_dir"
+        printf "%s" "$url" > "${git_dir}/remote_${name}_url"
+        # Record URL for test assertions.
+        printf "%s\n" "$url" >> "${BATS_TMPDIR}/recorded_remote_urls"
+        exit 0
+        ;;
+    esac
+    ;;
+  ls-remote)
+    # Return a dummy branch so ensureRemoteHasBranches succeeds, but the
+    # subsequent fetch will fail.  That's fine — we only need the remote-add
+    # URL to be recorded.
+    echo "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000	refs/heads/main"
+    exit 0
+    ;;
+  fetch)
+    echo "fatal: could not connect to 'myhost'" >&2
+    exit 128
+    ;;
+esac
+
+echo "fatal: unknown command" >&2
+exit 128
+FAKEGIT
+    chmod +x "$BATS_TMPDIR/fakebin/git"
+    rm -f "$BATS_TMPDIR/recorded_remote_urls"
+}
+
 install_fake_git_auth_failure() {
     mkdir -p "$BATS_TMPDIR/fakebin"
     cat > "$BATS_TMPDIR/fakebin/git" <<'EOF'