diff --git a/packages/core/src/codewhisperer/service/transformByQ/transformApiHandler.ts b/packages/core/src/codewhisperer/service/transformByQ/transformApiHandler.ts
index 00dc16398da..45d95ec9a75 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/codewhisperer/service/transformByQ/transformApiHandler.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/codewhisperer/service/transformByQ/transformApiHandler.ts
@@ -275,7 +275,8 @@ function isExcludedSourceFile(path: string): boolean {
     return sourceExcludedExtensions.some((extension) => path.endsWith(extension))
 }
 
-// zip all dependency files and all source files excluding "target" (contains large JARs) plus ".git" and ".idea" (may appear in diff.patch)
+// zip all dependency files and all source files
+// excludes "target" (contains large JARs) plus ".git", ".idea", and ".github" (may appear in diff.patch)
 export function getFilesRecursively(dir: string, isDependenciesFolder: boolean): string[] {
     const entries = nodefs.readdirSync(dir, { withFileTypes: true })
     const files = entries.flatMap((entry) => {
@@ -284,7 +285,12 @@ export function getFilesRecursively(dir: string, isDependenciesFolder: boolean):
             if (isDependenciesFolder) {
                 // include all dependency files
                 return getFilesRecursively(res, isDependenciesFolder)
-            } else if (entry.name !== 'target' && entry.name !== '.git' && entry.name !== '.idea') {
+            } else if (
+                entry.name !== 'target' &&
+                entry.name !== '.git' &&
+                entry.name !== '.idea' &&
+                entry.name !== '.github'
+            ) {
                 // exclude the above directories when zipping source code
                 return getFilesRecursively(res, isDependenciesFolder)
             } else {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/test/codewhisperer/commands/transformByQ.test.ts b/packages/core/src/test/codewhisperer/commands/transformByQ.test.ts
index 3b12fcefbc0..218fa384c1e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/test/codewhisperer/commands/transformByQ.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/test/codewhisperer/commands/transformByQ.test.ts
@@ -503,6 +503,10 @@ dependencyManagement:
         await fs.mkdir(gitFolder)
         await fs.writeFile(path.join(gitFolder, 'config'), 'sample content for the test file')
 
+        const githubFolder = path.join(tempDir, '.github')
+        await fs.mkdir(githubFolder)
+        await fs.writeFile(path.join(githubFolder, 'config'), 'more sample content for the test file')
+
         const zippedFiles = getFilesRecursively(tempDir, false)
         assert.strictEqual(zippedFiles.length, 1)
     })