diff --git a/assets/common.sh b/assets/common.sh
index bb82e553..7c333f90 100644
--- a/assets/common.sh
+++ b/assets/common.sh
@@ -86,6 +86,16 @@ configure_git_global() {
     jq -r ".[] | \"git config --global '\\(.name)' '\\(.value)'; \"")
 }
 
+configure_git_local() {
+  local git_config_payload="$1"
+  if [ -n "$git_config_payload" ] && [ "$git_config_payload" != "[]" ]; then
+    echo "$git_config_payload" | jq -r '.[] | [.name, .value] | @tsv' | \
+      while IFS=$'\t' read -r name value; do
+        git config "$name" "$value"
+      done
+  fi
+}
+
 configure_git_ssl_verification() {
   skip_ssl_verification=$(jq -r '.source.skip_ssl_verification // false' <<< "$1")
   if [ "$skip_ssl_verification" = "true" ]; then
diff --git a/assets/in b/assets/in
index 59c29a9b..bb517c63 100755
--- a/assets/in
+++ b/assets/in
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ git clone --progress --single-branch $depthflag $uri $branchflag $destination $t
 
 cd $destination
 
+configure_git_local "${git_config_payload}"
+
 if [ "$sparse_paths" != "." ] && [ "$sparse_paths" != "" ]; then
   git config core.sparseCheckout true
   echo "$sparse_paths" >> ./.git/info/sparse-checkout
diff --git a/test/get.sh b/test/get.sh
index 66696427..53732b12 100755
--- a/test/get.sh
+++ b/test/get.sh
@@ -91,6 +91,39 @@ it_can_get_from_url_at_override_branch() {
   test "$(git -C $dest rev-parse HEAD)" = $ref
 }
 
+it_preserves_git_config_in_local_repository() {
+  local repo=$(init_repo)
+  local ref=$(make_commit $repo)
+  local dest=$TMPDIR/destination
+
+  # Save original gitconfig and set up minimal config for the test
+  cp ~/.gitconfig ~/.gitconfig.bak 2>/dev/null || true
+  cat > ~/.gitconfig <<EOF
+[user]
+	name = test
+	email = test@example.com
+EOF
+
+  get_uri_with_config $repo $dest | jq -e "
+    .version == {ref: $(echo $ref | jq -R .)}
+  "
+
+  # Verify configs are set in LOCAL repository (not global)
+  test "$(git -C $dest config --local core.pager)" = "true" || \
+    ( echo "Local git config core.pager not set"; return 1 )
+  test "$(git -C $dest config --local credential.helper)" = '!true long command with variables $@' || \
+    ( echo "Local git config credential.helper not set"; return 1 )
+
+  # Verify they're actually in .git/config file
+  grep -q "pager = true" $dest/.git/config || \
+    ( echo "core.pager not found in .git/config"; return 1 )
+  grep -q 'helper = !true long command with variables $@' $dest/.git/config || \
+    ( echo "credential.helper not found in .git/config"; return 1 )
+
+  # Restore original gitconfig
+  mv ~/.gitconfig.bak ~/.gitconfig 2>/dev/null || true
+}
+
 it_can_get_from_url_with_sparse_paths() {
    local repo=$(init_repo)
    local ref1=$(make_commit_to_file $repo file-a)
@@ -946,6 +979,7 @@ run it_can_get_from_url_at_ref
 run it_can_get_from_url_at_branch
 run it_can_get_from_url_only_single_branch
 run it_can_get_from_url_at_override_branch
+run it_preserves_git_config_in_local_repository
 run it_can_get_from_url_with_sparse_paths
 run it_omits_empty_branch_in_metadata
 run it_returns_branch_in_metadata