Add a check for existing .git directory (and skip if one is found). (#5953)

* Add a check for existing .git directory (and skip if one is found).

* Changeset attempt :-)

* Update .changeset/try-button-rumor.md

Co-authored-by: Nate Moore <natemoo-re@users.noreply.github.com>

2 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/.changeset/try-button-rumor.md b/.changeset/try-button-rumor.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4196822ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/try-button-rumor.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"create-astro": patch
+---
+
+Check for a pre-existing .git directory and if found, skip trying to create a new one.
diff --git a/packages/create-astro/src/index.ts b/packages/create-astro/src/index.ts
index f1571398f..71c8a2ad5 100644
--- a/packages/create-astro/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-astro/src/index.ts
@@ -298,8 +298,16 @@ export async function main() {
 	if (args.dryRun) {
 		ora().info(dim(`--dry-run enabled, skipping.`));
 	} else if (gitResponse) {
-		await execaCommand('git init', { cwd });
-		ora().succeed('Git repository created!');
+		// Add a check to see if there is already a .git directory and skip 'git init' if yes (with msg to output)
+		const gitDir = './.git';
+		if (fs.existsSync(gitDir)) {
+			ora().info(
+				dim('A .git directory already exists. Skipping creating a new Git repository.')
+			);
+		 } else {
+			await execaCommand('git init', { cwd });
+			ora().succeed('Git repository created!');
+		}
 	} else {
 		await info(
 			'Sounds good!',