diff --git a/apps/server/src/git/Utils.ts b/apps/server/src/git/Utils.ts
index 15015e8cda..139229a48e 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/git/Utils.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/git/Utils.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,13 @@ import { Schema } from "effect";
 import { TextGenerationError } from "@t3tools/contracts";
 
 import { existsSync } from "node:fs";
-import { join } from "node:path";
+import { dirname, join } from "node:path";
 
-export function isGitRepository(cwd: string): boolean {
-  return existsSync(join(cwd, ".git"));
+export function isGitRepository(current: string): boolean {
+  do {
+    if (existsSync(join(current, ".git"))) return true;
+  } while (current !== (current = dirname(current)));
+  return false;
 }
 
 /** Convert an Effect Schema to a flat JSON Schema object, inlining `$defs` when present. */