diff --git a/src/extension/embeddings.ts b/src/extension/embeddings.ts
index 04c3ea5a..82339516 100644
--- a/src/extension/embeddings.ts
+++ b/src/extension/embeddings.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ export class EmbeddingDatabase extends Base {
     )
 
     ig.add(embeddingIgnoredGlobs)
+    ig.add([".git", ".gitignore"])
 
     const gitIgnoreFilePath = path.join(rootPath, ".gitignore")
 
diff --git a/src/extension/utils.ts b/src/extension/utils.ts
index 8d87f4f4..42f34566 100644
--- a/src/extension/utils.ts
+++ b/src/extension/utils.ts
@@ -663,6 +663,7 @@ export async function getAllFilePaths(dirPath: string): Promise<string[]> {
   )
 
   ig.add(embeddingIgnoredGlobs)
+  ig.add([".git", ".gitignore"])
 
   const gitIgnoreFilePath = path.join(rootPath, ".gitignore")