diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c630b2f8..b78ffa67 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ version = "1.0.83"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f1174fb0b6ec23863f8b971027804a42614e347eafb0a95bf0b12cdae21fc4d0"
 dependencies = [
+ "jobserver",
  "libc",
 ]
 
@@ -717,6 +718,19 @@ version = "0.28.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6fb8d784f27acf97159b40fc4db5ecd8aa23b9ad5ef69cdd136d3bc80665f0c0"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "git2"
+version = "0.18.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fbf97ba92db08df386e10c8ede66a2a0369bd277090afd8710e19e38de9ec0cd"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.4.1",
+ "libc",
+ "libgit2-sys",
+ "log",
+ "url",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "h2"
 version = "0.3.21"
@@ -978,6 +992,15 @@ version = "1.0.9"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "af150ab688ff2122fcef229be89cb50dd66af9e01a4ff320cc137eecc9bacc38"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "jobserver"
+version = "0.1.27"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8c37f63953c4c63420ed5fd3d6d398c719489b9f872b9fa683262f8edd363c7d"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "js-sys"
 version = "0.3.64"
@@ -999,12 +1022,36 @@ version = "0.2.149"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a08173bc88b7955d1b3145aa561539096c421ac8debde8cbc3612ec635fee29b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libgit2-sys"
+version = "0.16.1+1.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f2a2bb3680b094add03bb3732ec520ece34da31a8cd2d633d1389d0f0fb60d0c"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "libz-sys",
+ "pkg-config",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libm"
 version = "0.2.8"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4ec2a862134d2a7d32d7983ddcdd1c4923530833c9f2ea1a44fc5fa473989058"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libz-sys"
+version = "1.1.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d97137b25e321a73eef1418d1d5d2eda4d77e12813f8e6dead84bc52c5870a7b"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linked-hash-map"
 version = "0.5.6"
@@ -2672,6 +2719,7 @@ version = "0.8.3"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "dirs",
+ "git2",
  "heck 0.4.1",
  "itertools",
  "lazy_static",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 061b25fc..bd1ed275 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ futures = "0.3"
 futures-util = "0.3"
 flate2 = "1"
 fxhash = "0.2"
+git2 = { version = "0.18", default-features = false }
 h2 = "0.3"
 heck = "0.4"
 hex = "0.4"
diff --git a/volo-build/Cargo.toml b/volo-build/Cargo.toml
index f245c93e..025d071f 100644
--- a/volo-build/Cargo.toml
+++ b/volo-build/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ pilota-build.workspace = true
 
 anyhow.workspace = true
 dirs.workspace = true
+git2.workspace = true
 heck.workspace = true
 itertools.workspace = true
 lazy_static.workspace = true
diff --git a/volo-build/src/util.rs b/volo-build/src/util.rs
index 5f3b367f..10115e60 100644
--- a/volo-build/src/util.rs
+++ b/volo-build/src/util.rs
@@ -272,3 +272,28 @@ where
 
     Ok(r)
 }
+
+pub fn git_repo_init(path: &Path) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    // Check if we are in a git repo and the path to the new package is not an ignored path in that
+    // repo.
+    //
+    // Reference: https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/blob/0.74.0/src/cargo/util/vcs.rs
+    fn in_git_repo(path: &Path) -> bool {
+        if let Ok(repo) = git2::Repository::discover(path) {
+            // Don't check if the working directory itself is ignored.
+            if repo.workdir().map_or(false, |workdir| workdir == path) {
+                true
+            } else {
+                !repo.is_path_ignored(path).unwrap_or(false)
+            }
+        } else {
+            false
+        }
+    }
+
+    if !in_git_repo(path) {
+        git2::Repository::init(path)?;
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/volo-cli/src/init.rs b/volo-cli/src/init.rs
index a7c08d62..65363c06 100644
--- a/volo-cli/src/init.rs
+++ b/volo-cli/src/init.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use clap::{value_parser, Parser};
 use volo_build::{
     config_builder::InitBuilder,
     model::{Entry, GitSource, Idl, Source, DEFAULT_FILENAME},
-    util::{get_repo_latest_commit_id, DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE},
+    util::{get_repo_latest_commit_id, git_repo_init, DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE},
 };
 
 use crate::command::CliCommand;
@@ -275,6 +275,9 @@ impl CliCommand for Init {
 
         let _ = Command::new("cargo").arg("fmt").arg("--all").output()?;
 
+        let cwd = std::env::current_dir()?;
+        git_repo_init(&cwd)?;
+
         Ok(())
     }
 }