diff --git a/src/create/prompts.ts b/src/create/prompts.ts
index 5c5f5f2..d5592bd 100644
--- a/src/create/prompts.ts
+++ b/src/create/prompts.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export interface ProjectConfig {
 	description: string
 	username: string
 	repoName: string
+	initGit: boolean
 }
 
 export async function collectUserInputs(): Promise<ProjectConfig> {
@@ -180,6 +181,19 @@ export async function collectUserInputs(): Promise<ProjectConfig> {
 
 	const [username, repoName] = (githubInfo as string).split('/')
 
+	let initGit = false
+	const initGitChoice = await p.confirm({
+		message: 'Initialize a new git repository?',
+		initialValue: false,
+	})
+
+	if (p.isCancel(initGitChoice)) {
+		p.cancel('Operation cancelled')
+		process.exit(0)
+	}
+
+	initGit = initGitChoice as boolean
+
 	return {
 		variant: variant,
 		libraryType: libraryType,
@@ -190,6 +204,7 @@ export async function collectUserInputs(): Promise<ProjectConfig> {
 		description: description,
 		username,
 		repoName,
+		initGit,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/create/scaffold.ts b/src/create/scaffold.ts
index 5f7e3d3..28d09eb 100644
--- a/src/create/scaffold.ts
+++ b/src/create/scaffold.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,16 @@ export async function scaffoldProject(config: ProjectConfig): Promise<void> {
 
 		await $`cd ${projectPath} && bun run build`.nothrow().quiet()
 
+		if (config.initGit) {
+			s.message('Git initializing...')
+
+			await $`cd ${projectPath} && git init`.nothrow().quiet()
+			await $`cd ${projectPath} && git add -A`.nothrow().quiet()
+			await $`cd ${projectPath} && git commit -m "Initial commit from Bunup"`
+				.nothrow()
+				.quiet()
+		}
+
 		s.stop(`${pc.green('✓')} Project scaffolded successfully!`)
 	} catch (error) {
 		s.stop(`${pc.red('✗')} Failed to scaffold project`)