diff --git a/.changeset/blue-wombats-help.md b/.changeset/blue-wombats-help.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5c1f62a76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/blue-wombats-help.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-publishing": major
+---
+
+Git checks are on by default.
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts
index fd294eaa8f..58e55371aa 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ export function help () {
 
         list: [
           {
-            description: 'Checks if current branch is your publish branch, clean, and up-to-date',
-            name: '--git-checks',
+            description: "Don't check if current branch is your publish branch, clean, and up-to-date",
+            name: '--no-git-checks',
           },
           {
             description: 'Sets branch name to publish. Default is master',
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export async function handler (
   } & Pick<Config, 'allProjects' | 'gitChecks' | 'ignoreScripts' | 'publishBranch'>,
   params: string[],
 ) {
-  if (opts.gitChecks && await isGitRepo()) {
+  if (opts.gitChecks !== false && await isGitRepo()) {
     const branch = opts.publishBranch ?? 'master'
     if (await getCurrentBranch() !== branch) {
       const { confirm } = await prompt({
diff --git a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/test/gitChecks.ts b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/test/gitChecks.ts
index cc02b3112a..616b9d5d28 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/test/gitChecks.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-commands-publishing/test/gitChecks.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ test('publish: fails git check if branch is not on master', async (t) => {
       ...DEFAULT_OPTS,
       argv: { original: ['publish', ...CREDENTIALS] },
       dir: process.cwd(),
-      gitChecks: true,
     }, [])
   } catch (_err) {
     err = _err
@@ -72,7 +71,6 @@ test('publish: fails git check if branch is not on specified branch', async (t)
       ...DEFAULT_OPTS,
       argv: { original: ['publish', ...CREDENTIALS] },
       dir: process.cwd(),
-      gitChecks: true,
       publishBranch: 'latest',
     }, [])
   } catch (_err) {
@@ -103,7 +101,6 @@ test('publish: fails git check if branch is not clean', async (t) => {
       ...DEFAULT_OPTS,
       argv: { original: ['publish', ...CREDENTIALS] },
       dir: process.cwd(),
-      gitChecks: true,
     }, [])
   } catch (_err) {
     err = _err
@@ -138,7 +135,6 @@ test('publish: fails git check if branch is not up-to-date', async (t) => {
       ...DEFAULT_OPTS,
       argv: { original: ['publish', ...CREDENTIALS] },
       dir: process.cwd(),
-      gitChecks: true,
     }, [])
   } catch (_err) {
     err = _err