diff --git a/packages/create-app/src/lib/tasks.test.ts b/packages/create-app/src/lib/tasks.test.ts
index 0144f9f575..b918fc0180 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/src/lib/tasks.test.ts
+++ b/packages/create-app/src/lib/tasks.test.ts
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ describe('tasks', () => {
 
       const gitConfig = await readGitConfig();
 
-      expect(gitConfig).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(gitConfig).toEqual({});
     });
 
     it('should return false if git package is installed but git credentials are not set', async () => {
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ describe('tasks', () => {
 
       const gitConfig = await readGitConfig();
 
-      expect(gitConfig).toBeUndefined();
+      expect(gitConfig).toEqual({});
       expect(mockExec).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
         'git config user.name',
         { cwd: tmpDir },
diff --git a/packages/create-app/src/lib/tasks.ts b/packages/create-app/src/lib/tasks.ts
index 5514b930fc..1e30f9d33a 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/src/lib/tasks.ts
+++ b/packages/create-app/src/lib/tasks.ts
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ export async function moveAppTask(
  *
  * @throws if `exec` fails
  */
-export async function readGitConfig(): Promise<GitConfig | undefined> {
+export async function readGitConfig(): Promise<GitConfig> {
   const tempDir = resolvePath(os.tmpdir(), 'git-temp-dir');
 
   const runCmd = (cmd: string) =>
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ export async function readGitConfig(): Promise<GitConfig | undefined> {
 
   const isGitAvailable = await commandExists('git').catch(() => false);
 
-  if (!isGitAvailable) return;
+  if (!isGitAvailable) return {};
 
   try {
     await fs.mkdir(tempDir);
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ export async function readGitConfig(): Promise<GitConfig | undefined> {
       gitUsername.stdout?.trim() && gitEmail.stdout?.trim(),
     );
 
-    if (!gitCredentials) return;
+    if (!gitCredentials) return {};
 
     await runCmd('git init');
     await runCmd('git commit --allow-empty -m "Initial commit"');