diff --git a/src/fastapi_cloud_cli/commands/deploy.py b/src/fastapi_cloud_cli/commands/deploy.py
index 18146784..03e26fca 100644
--- a/src/fastapi_cloud_cli/commands/deploy.py
+++ b/src/fastapi_cloud_cli/commands/deploy.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ def _should_exclude_entry(path: Path) -> bool:
         "__pycache__",
         ".mypy_cache",
         ".pytest_cache",
+        ".git",
         ".gitignore",
         ".fastapicloudignore",
     ]
diff --git a/tests/test_archive.py b/tests/test_archive.py
index 1d3b232a..e74d8eb1 100644
--- a/tests/test_archive.py
+++ b/tests/test_archive.py
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ def test_archive_respects_fastapicloudignore_unignore(
 
     # Rignore needs a .git folder to make .gitignore work
     (src_path / ".git").mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
+    (src_path / ".git" / "config").write_text("[core]\n\trepositoryformatversion = 0")
     (src_path / ".gitignore").write_text("ignore_me.txt\nbuild/")
 
     (src_path / ".fastapicloudignore").write_text("!static/build")