diff --git a/lib/services/project-service.ts b/lib/services/project-service.ts
index 4e4930a273..3c24ece6f7 100644
--- a/lib/services/project-service.ts
+++ b/lib/services/project-service.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import {
 	IFileSystem,
 	IProjectHelper,
 	IStringDictionary,
+	IChildProcess,
 } from "../common/declarations";
 import * as _ from "lodash";
 import { injector } from "../common/yok";
@@ -42,7 +43,8 @@ export class ProjectService implements IProjectService {
 		private $projectNameService: IProjectNameService,
 		private $projectTemplatesService: IProjectTemplatesService,
 		private $tempService: ITempService,
-		private $staticConfig: IStaticConfig
+		private $staticConfig: IStaticConfig,
+		private $childProcess: IChildProcess
 	) {}
 
 	public async validateProjectName(opts: {
@@ -103,6 +105,17 @@ export class ProjectService implements IProjectService {
 			projectName,
 		});
 
+		try {
+			await this.$childProcess.exec(`git init ${projectDir}`);
+			await this.$childProcess.exec(`git -C ${projectDir} add --all`);
+			await this.$childProcess.exec(`git -C ${projectDir} commit --no-verify -m "init"`);
+		} catch (err) {
+			this.$logger.trace(
+				"Unable to initialize git repository. Error is: ",
+				err
+			);
+		}
+
 		this.$logger.info();
 		this.$logger.printMarkdown(
 			"__Project `%s` was successfully created.__",
diff --git a/test/project-service.ts b/test/project-service.ts
index 5c986a4865..0fea4151ba 100644
--- a/test/project-service.ts
+++ b/test/project-service.ts
@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ describe("projectService", () => {
 				extractPackage: () => Promise.resolve(),
 			});
 			testInjector.register("tempService", TempServiceStub);
+			const executedCommands: string[] = [];
+			testInjector.register("childProcess", {
+				_getExecutedCommands: () => executedCommands,
+				exec: (executedCommand: string) => {
+					executedCommands.push(executedCommand);
+				},
+			});
 
 			return testInjector;
 		};
@@ -98,16 +105,27 @@ describe("projectService", () => {
 			const projectService = testInjector.resolve<IProjectService>(
 				ProjectServiceLib.ProjectService
 			);
+			const projectDir = path.join(dirToCreateProject, projectName);
 			const projectCreationData = await projectService.createProject({
 				projectName: projectName,
 				pathToProject: dirToCreateProject,
 				force: true,
 				template: constants.RESERVED_TEMPLATE_NAMES["default"],
 			});
+
 			assert.deepStrictEqual(projectCreationData, {
 				projectName,
-				projectDir: path.join(dirToCreateProject, projectName),
+				projectDir,
 			});
+
+			assert.deepEqual(
+				testInjector.resolve("childProcess")._getExecutedCommands(),
+				[
+					`git init ${projectDir}`,
+					`git -C ${projectDir} add --all`,
+					`git -C ${projectDir} commit --no-verify -m "init"`,
+				]
+			);
 		});
 
 		it("fails when invalid name is passed when projectNameService fails", async () => {
@@ -188,6 +206,7 @@ describe("projectService", () => {
 				downloadAndExtract: () => Promise.resolve(),
 			});
 			testInjector.register("tempService", TempServiceStub);
+			testInjector.register("childProcess", {});
 
 			return testInjector;
 		};