diff --git a/.changeset/nasty-dolphins-prove.md b/.changeset/nasty-dolphins-prove.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1653772ef09e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/nasty-dolphins-prove.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+"create-cloudflare": minor
+---
+
+add final commit when generating Pages projects
+
+before after the user would have completed the creation of a Pages project
+they would find the Cloudflare added/modified files uncommitted, instead of
+leaving these uncommitted this change adds an extra commit (on top of the
+framework specific) which also contains some useful information about the
+project
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/src/common.ts b/packages/create-cloudflare/src/common.ts
index 1b822fcfde2b..ed479b6c7326 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/src/common.ts
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/src/common.ts
@@ -249,18 +249,19 @@ export const offerGit = async (ctx: PagesGeneratorContext) => {
 	}
 };
 
-export const gitCommit = async (ctx: PagesGeneratorContext) => {
-	if (!ctx.args.git) return;
+export const gitCommit = async (
+	ctx: PagesGeneratorContext,
+	commitMessage = "Initial commit (by Create-Cloudflare CLI)"
+) => {
+	if (!(await isGitInstalled()) || !(await isInsideGitRepo(ctx.project.path)))
+		return;
 
 	await runCommands({
 		silent: true,
 		cwd: ctx.project.path,
-		commands: [
-			"git add .",
-			["git", "commit", "-m", "Initial commit (by Create-Cloudflare CLI)"],
-		],
+		commands: ["git add .", ["git", "commit", "-m", commitMessage]],
 		startText: "Committing new files",
-		doneText: `${brandColor("git")} ${dim(`initial commit`)}`,
+		doneText: `${brandColor("git")} ${dim(`commit`)}`,
 	});
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/create-cloudflare/src/pages.ts b/packages/create-cloudflare/src/pages.ts
index de88c48db3c3..23aaeed2933d 100644
--- a/packages/create-cloudflare/src/pages.ts
+++ b/packages/create-cloudflare/src/pages.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 import { resolve } from "path";
 import { chdir } from "process";
-import { FrameworkMap, supportedFramework } from "frameworks/index";
+import {
+	FrameworkMap,
+	getFrameworkVersion,
+	supportedFramework,
+} from "frameworks/index";
 import { crash, endSection, startSection } from "helpers/cli";
 import { dim, brandColor } from "helpers/colors";
 import { installWrangler, retry, runCommand } from "helpers/command";
 import { readJSON, writeFile } from "helpers/files";
 import { processArgument, spinner } from "helpers/interactive";
 import { detectPackageManager } from "helpers/packages";
+import { version } from "../package.json";
 import { C3_DEFAULTS } from "./cli";
 import {
 	getProductionBranch,
@@ -61,7 +66,7 @@ export const runPagesGenerator = async (args: C3Args) => {
 	}
 	await updatePackageScripts(ctx);
 	await offerGit(ctx);
-	await gitCommit(ctx);
+	await gitCommit(ctx, generatePagesCommitMessage(ctx));
 	endSection(`Application configured`);
 
 	// Deploy
@@ -176,3 +181,27 @@ const createProject = async (ctx: PagesGeneratorContext) => {
 		crash("Failed to create pages project. See output above.");
 	}
 };
+
+const generatePagesCommitMessage = (ctx: PagesGeneratorContext) => {
+	const header = "Web application initialized by Create-Cloudflare CLI";
+
+	const details: { key: string; value: string }[] = [
+		{ key: "date", value: new Date().toISOString() },
+		{ key: "create-cloudflare version", value: version },
+		{ key: "project name", value: ctx.project.name },
+	];
+
+	if (ctx.framework) {
+		details.push({ key: "framework", value: `${ctx.framework.name}` });
+		details.push({
+			key: "framework cli version",
+			value: `${getFrameworkVersion(ctx)}`,
+		});
+	}
+
+	const body = `Details:\n${details
+		.map(({ key, value }) => `  ${key} = ${value}`)
+		.join("\n")}\n`;
+
+	return `${header}\n\n${body}\n`;
+};