diff --git a/hooks/post_gen_project.sh b/hooks/post_gen_project.sh
index 5675985..28acb51 100755
--- a/hooks/post_gen_project.sh
+++ b/hooks/post_gen_project.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 
-git init
-git add .
-git commit -a -m "Initial UI-Cookiecutter Commit."
+if ! [ ${IGNORE_GIT} ]; then
+    git init
+    git add .
+    git commit -a -m "Initial UI-Cookiecutter Commit."
+fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 6853cc2..6d1bf6e 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ deps =
 commands = {posargs}
 
 [testenv:checkbuild]
+setenv =
+  IGNORE_GIT=1
 commands =
   rm -rf {envdir}/cafe-ui
   cookiecutter --no-input --output-dir {envdir} {toxinidir}