diff --git a/helper.ts b/helper.ts
index 58791ed..f0aead6 100644
--- a/helper.ts
+++ b/helper.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,19 @@ import validate from 'validate-npm-package-name'
 import { log } from './log'
 import { promptClear } from './prompt'
 
+const hiddenFiles = ['.DS_Store']
+const protectedFiles = ['.git'] // User checking out a template into a repository.
+const invisibleFiles = [...hiddenFiles, ...protectedFiles]
+
 function deleteFolderContents(directory: string) {
   for (const file of readdirSync(directory)) {
-    rmSync(join(directory, file), { recursive: true })
+    if (!protectedFiles.includes(file)) {
+      rmSync(join(directory, file), { recursive: true })
+    }
   }
 }
 
-const isDirectoryEmpty = (directory: string) => readdirSync(directory).filter((file: string) => file !== '.DS_Store').length === 0
+const isDirectoryEmpty = (directory: string) => readdirSync(directory).filter((file: string) => !invisibleFiles.includes(file)).length === 0
 
 export const getDestinationPath = async (input = process.cwd(), skipClear = false) => {
   let destinationPath = process.cwd()
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 594e825..5cfe3e1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     "mock-stdin": "^1.0.0",
     "read-chunk": "^4.0.3",
     "typescript": "^5.4.5",
-    "zero-configuration": "^0.7.2"
+    "zero-configuration": "^0.8.0"
   },
   "trustedDependencies": [
     "zero-configuration"