diff --git a/.changeset/large-bears-wash.md b/.changeset/large-bears-wash.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3255714dd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/large-bears-wash.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend': patch
+---
+
+Use more efficient approach to staging files in git during scaffolder actions
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/helpers.ts b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/helpers.ts
index 7a10046fd0..002640092c 100644
--- a/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/helpers.ts
+++ b/plugins/scaffolder-backend/src/scaffolder/actions/builtin/helpers.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 
 import { spawn } from 'child_process';
 import { PassThrough, Writable } from 'stream';
-import globby from 'globby';
 import { Logger } from 'winston';
 import { Git } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 import { Octokit } from '@octokit/rest';
@@ -84,15 +83,7 @@ export async function initRepoAndPush({
     defaultBranch,
   });
 
-  const paths = await globby(['./**', './**/.*', '!.git'], {
-    cwd: dir,
-    gitignore: true,
-    dot: true,
-  });
-
-  for (const filepath of paths) {
-    await git.add({ dir, filepath });
-  }
+  await git.add({ dir, filepath: '.' });
 
   // use provided info if possible, otherwise use fallbacks
   const authorInfo = {