diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5468aae9..e90e5d7f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ and this project adheres to
 
 ## [unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Configure git config globally instead of locally.
+
 ## [3.0.6]
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index ba373f88..93fb3563 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -125807,7 +125807,7 @@ async function setGitToIgnoreCygwinLocalPackageDirectory() {
         });
     }
     finally {
-        await (0,lib_exec.exec)("git", ["config", "--add", "--local", "core.excludesfile", globalGitIgnorePath], { windowsVerbatimArguments: true });
+        await (0,lib_exec.exec)("git", ["config", "--add", "--global", "core.excludesfile", globalGitIgnorePath], { windowsVerbatimArguments: true });
     }
 }
 async function setupCygwin() {
diff --git a/packages/setup-ocaml/src/windows.ts b/packages/setup-ocaml/src/windows.ts
index a04f5089..42444668 100644
--- a/packages/setup-ocaml/src/windows.ts
+++ b/packages/setup-ocaml/src/windows.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ async function setGitToIgnoreCygwinLocalPackageDirectory() {
   } finally {
     await exec(
       "git",
-      ["config", "--add", "--local", "core.excludesfile", globalGitIgnorePath],
+      ["config", "--add", "--global", "core.excludesfile", globalGitIgnorePath],
       { windowsVerbatimArguments: true },
     );
   }