diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8848a3a8..979e97cb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ This project follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/) and [Semant
 -
 
 ## [2.2.7] - 2025-09-27
+### Added
+- Added warning on .env not ignored by .gitignore on default.
+
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed `--strict` error output to console when no warnings are found.
 
diff --git a/src/services/scanOutputToConsole.ts b/src/services/scanOutputToConsole.ts
index d1b7cf25..b9a06a99 100644
--- a/src/services/scanOutputToConsole.ts
+++ b/src/services/scanOutputToConsole.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import chalk from 'chalk';
+import { warnIfEnvNotIgnored, isEnvIgnoredByGit } from './git.js';
 import type {
   ScanUsageOptions,
   ScanResult,
@@ -229,12 +230,23 @@ export function outputToConsole(
     console.log();
   }
 
+  let envNotIgnored = false;
+  if (!opts.json) {
+    warnIfEnvNotIgnored({ cwd: opts.cwd, envFile: '.env' });
+
+    const ignored = isEnvIgnoredByGit({ cwd: opts.cwd, envFile: '.env' });
+    if (ignored === false || ignored === null) {
+      envNotIgnored = true;
+    }
+  }
+
   if (opts.strict) {
     const hasWarnings =
       scanResult.unused.length > 0 ||
       (scanResult.duplicates?.env?.length ?? 0) > 0 ||
       (scanResult.duplicates?.example?.length ?? 0) > 0 ||
-      (scanResult.secrets?.length ?? 0) > 0;
+      (scanResult.secrets?.length ?? 0) > 0 ||
+      envNotIgnored;
 
     if (hasWarnings) {
       exitWithError = true;
@@ -247,6 +259,7 @@ export function outputToConsole(
         warnings.push('duplicate keys in example');
       if ((scanResult.secrets?.length ?? 0) > 0)
         warnings.push('potential secrets');
+      if (envNotIgnored) warnings.push('.env not ignored by git');
 
       console.log(
         chalk.red(`💥 Strict mode: Error on warnings → ${warnings.join(', ')}`),
diff --git a/test/e2e/cli.autoscan.e2e.test.ts b/test/e2e/cli.autoscan.e2e.test.ts
index 4158fa12..74af8eda 100644
--- a/test/e2e/cli.autoscan.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/cli.autoscan.e2e.test.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,30 @@ describe('no-flag autoscan', () => {
     const res = runCli(cwd, ['--compare']);
     expect(res.status).toBe(1);
     expect(res.stdout).toContain('Comparing .env ↔ .env.example');
-    expect(res.stdout).toContain('Comparing .env.staging ↔ .env.example.staging');
+    expect(res.stdout).toContain(
+      'Comparing .env.staging ↔ .env.example.staging',
+    );
     expect(res.stdout).toContain('Missing keys');
   });
+  it('will warn about .env not ignored by .gitignore', () => {
+    const cwd = tmpDir();
+
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(cwd, '.git'));
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(cwd, '.env'), 'API_KEY=test\n');
+
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(cwd, '.gitignore'), 'node_modules\n');
+
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(cwd, 'src'), { recursive: true });
+    fs.writeFileSync(
+      path.join(cwd, 'src', 'index.ts'),
+      `const apiKey = process.env.API_KEY;`.trimStart(),
+    );
+
+    const res = runCli(cwd, []);
+    console.log('stdout:', res.stdout);
+    console.log('stderr:', res.stderr);
+
+    expect(res.status).toBe(0);
+    expect(res.stdout).toContain('.env is not ignored by Git');
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/e2e/cli.strict.e2e.test.ts b/test/e2e/cli.strict.e2e.test.ts
index 94a079eb..375dfd21 100644
--- a/test/e2e/cli.strict.e2e.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/cli.strict.e2e.test.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ describe('--strict mode', () => {
   it('succeeds when there are no warnings', () => {
     const cwd = tmpDir();
     fs.writeFileSync(path.join(cwd, '.env'), '');
+    fs.writeFileSync(path.join(cwd, '.gitignore'), '.env');
 
     const res = runCli(cwd, ['--strict']);
     expect(res.status).toBe(0);