diff --git a/Src/CSharpier.Cli/IgnoreFile.cs b/Src/CSharpier.Cli/IgnoreFile.cs
index 884ea597a..c6fcd91b0 100644
--- a/Src/CSharpier.Cli/IgnoreFile.cs
+++ b/Src/CSharpier.Cli/IgnoreFile.cs
@@ -105,12 +105,13 @@ private static void AddDefaultRules(IgnoreWithBasePath ignore)
 
     // this will return the ignore paths in order of priority
     // the first csharpierignore it finds at or above the path
-    // and then all .gitignores (at or above) it finds in order from closest to further away
+    // and then all .gitignores (at or above stopping once it encounters a .git directory) it finds in order from closest to further away
     private static List<string> FindIgnorePaths(string baseDirectoryPath, IFileSystem fileSystem)
     {
         var result = new List<string>();
         string? foundCSharpierIgnoreFilePath = null;
         var directoryInfo = fileSystem.DirectoryInfo.New(baseDirectoryPath);
+        var includeGitIgnores = true;
         while (directoryInfo != null)
         {
             if (foundCSharpierIgnoreFilePath is null)
@@ -125,10 +126,21 @@ private static List<string> FindIgnorePaths(string baseDirectoryPath, IFileSyste
                 }
             }
 
-            var gitIgnoreFilePath = fileSystem.Path.Combine(directoryInfo.FullName, ".gitignore");
-            if (fileSystem.File.Exists(gitIgnoreFilePath))
+            if (includeGitIgnores)
             {
-                result.Add(gitIgnoreFilePath);
+                var gitIgnoreFilePath = fileSystem.Path.Combine(
+                    directoryInfo.FullName,
+                    ".gitignore"
+                );
+                if (fileSystem.File.Exists(gitIgnoreFilePath))
+                {
+                    result.Add(gitIgnoreFilePath);
+                }
+            }
+
+            if (fileSystem.Directory.Exists(Path.Combine(directoryInfo.FullName, ".git")))
+            {
+                includeGitIgnores = false;
             }
 
             directoryInfo = directoryInfo.Parent;
diff --git a/Src/CSharpier.Tests/CommandLineFormatterTests.cs b/Src/CSharpier.Tests/CommandLineFormatterTests.cs
index b98260cbf..74093a6c8 100644
--- a/Src/CSharpier.Tests/CommandLineFormatterTests.cs
+++ b/Src/CSharpier.Tests/CommandLineFormatterTests.cs
@@ -674,6 +674,19 @@ bool isIgnored
             .StartWith(isIgnored ? "Formatted 0 files in " : "Formatted 1 files in ");
     }
 
+    [Test]
+    public void Gitignore_Outside_Git_Is_Not_Used()
+    {
+        var context = new TestContext();
+        context.WhenAFileExists("Sub/File.cs", UnformattedClassContent);
+        context.WhenAFileExists(".gitignore", "*.cs");
+        context.WhenAFileExists("Sub/.git/test.txt", string.Empty);
+
+        var result = Format(context, directoryOrFilePaths: "Sub");
+
+        result.OutputLines.FirstOrDefault().Should().StartWith("Formatted 1 files in ");
+    }
+
     [Test]
     public void Write_Stdout_Should_Only_Write_File()
     {