diff --git a/.changeset/olive-mails-marry.md b/.changeset/olive-mails-marry.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9bd9e39f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/olive-mails-marry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"content-collections": patch
+"@content-collections/installer": patch
+---
+
+Fix potential endless loop on windows
diff --git a/packages/installer/src/migration/tasks/gitignore.ts b/packages/installer/src/migration/tasks/gitignore.ts
index 262fa263..d5888d0c 100644
--- a/packages/installer/src/migration/tasks/gitignore.ts
+++ b/packages/installer/src/migration/tasks/gitignore.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
-import { join } from "node:path";
+import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
 import { Task } from "./index.js";
 
 function findGitIgnore(directory: string): string | null {
   let current = directory;
-  while (current !== "/") {
+  while (current !== dirname("/")) {
     const gitIgnore = join(current, ".gitignore");
     if (existsSync(gitIgnore)) {
       return gitIgnore;