diff --git a/lib/functions/general/git.sh b/lib/functions/general/git.sh
index fbf67028cf..5ebaea0c09 100644
--- a/lib/functions/general/git.sh
+++ b/lib/functions/general/git.sh
@@ -56,9 +56,7 @@ function git_ensure_safe_directory() {
 	if [[ -n "$(command -v git)" ]]; then
 		local git_dir="$1"
 		display_alert "git: Marking all directories as safe, which should include" "$git_dir" "debug"
-		if ! grep -q "directory = \*" "${HOME}/.gitconfig" 2> /dev/null; then
-			git config --global --add safe.directory "*"
-		fi
+		regular_git -C "$1" config --local --get safe.directory "$1" > /dev/null || regular_git -C "$1" config --local --add safe.directory "$1"
 	else
 		display_alert "git not installed" "a true wonder how you got this far without git - it will be installed for you" "warn"
 	fi