diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/repo_operations.py b/sdk/python/feast/repo_operations.py
index 6629768375a..4db0bbc6fdb 100644
--- a/sdk/python/feast/repo_operations.py
+++ b/sdk/python/feast/repo_operations.py
@@ -468,6 +468,10 @@ def init_repo(repo_name: str, template: str):
         raise IOError(f"Could not find template {template}")
     copytree(template_path, str(repo_path), dirs_exist_ok=True)
 
+    # Rename gitignore files back to .gitignore
+    for gitignore_path in repo_path.rglob("gitignore"):
+        gitignore_path.rename(gitignore_path.with_name(".gitignore"))
+
     # Seed the repository
     bootstrap_path = repo_path / "bootstrap.py"
     if os.path.exists(bootstrap_path):
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/templates/athena/.gitignore b/sdk/python/feast/templates/athena/gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk/python/feast/templates/athena/.gitignore
rename to sdk/python/feast/templates/athena/gitignore
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/templates/aws/.gitignore b/sdk/python/feast/templates/aws/gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk/python/feast/templates/aws/.gitignore
rename to sdk/python/feast/templates/aws/gitignore
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/templates/cassandra/.gitignore b/sdk/python/feast/templates/cassandra/gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk/python/feast/templates/cassandra/.gitignore
rename to sdk/python/feast/templates/cassandra/gitignore
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/templates/gcp/.gitignore b/sdk/python/feast/templates/gcp/gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk/python/feast/templates/gcp/.gitignore
rename to sdk/python/feast/templates/gcp/gitignore
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/templates/hazelcast/.gitignore b/sdk/python/feast/templates/hazelcast/gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk/python/feast/templates/hazelcast/.gitignore
rename to sdk/python/feast/templates/hazelcast/gitignore
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/templates/hbase/.gitignore b/sdk/python/feast/templates/hbase/gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk/python/feast/templates/hbase/.gitignore
rename to sdk/python/feast/templates/hbase/gitignore
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/templates/minimal/.gitignore b/sdk/python/feast/templates/minimal/gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk/python/feast/templates/minimal/.gitignore
rename to sdk/python/feast/templates/minimal/gitignore
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/templates/postgres/.gitignore b/sdk/python/feast/templates/postgres/gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk/python/feast/templates/postgres/.gitignore
rename to sdk/python/feast/templates/postgres/gitignore
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/templates/snowflake/.gitignore b/sdk/python/feast/templates/snowflake/gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk/python/feast/templates/snowflake/.gitignore
rename to sdk/python/feast/templates/snowflake/gitignore
diff --git a/sdk/python/feast/templates/spark/.gitignore b/sdk/python/feast/templates/spark/gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from sdk/python/feast/templates/spark/.gitignore
rename to sdk/python/feast/templates/spark/gitignore