diff --git a/docs/src/test-api/class-testconfig.md b/docs/src/test-api/class-testconfig.md
index 5b89e62b88..5515252b39 100644
--- a/docs/src/test-api/class-testconfig.md
+++ b/docs/src/test-api/class-testconfig.md
@@ -334,6 +334,8 @@ Whether to populate `'git.commit.info'` field of the [`property: TestConfig.meta
 
 This information will appear in the HTML and JSON reports and is available in the Reporter API.
 
+On Github Actions, this feature is enabled by default.
+
 **Usage**
 
 ```js title="playwright.config.ts"
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts b/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts
index b0bc394873..59d1973578 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export class FullConfigInternal {
     const privateConfiguration = (userConfig as any)['@playwright/test'];
     this.plugins = (privateConfiguration?.plugins || []).map((p: any) => ({ factory: p }));
     this.singleTSConfigPath = pathResolve(configDir, userConfig.tsconfig);
-    this.populateGitInfo = takeFirst(userConfig.populateGitInfo, false);
+    this.populateGitInfo = takeFirst(userConfig.populateGitInfo, defaultPopulateGitInfo);
 
     this.globalSetups = (Array.isArray(userConfig.globalSetup) ? userConfig.globalSetup : [userConfig.globalSetup]).map(s => resolveScript(s, configDir)).filter(script => script !== undefined);
     this.globalTeardowns = (Array.isArray(userConfig.globalTeardown) ? userConfig.globalTeardown : [userConfig.globalTeardown]).map(s => resolveScript(s, configDir)).filter(script => script !== undefined);
@@ -301,6 +301,7 @@ function resolveScript(id: string | undefined, rootDir: string): string | undefi
 
 export const defaultGrep = /.*/;
 export const defaultReporter = process.env.CI ? 'dot' : 'list';
+const defaultPopulateGitInfo = process.env.GITHUB_ACTIONS === 'true';
 
 const configInternalSymbol = Symbol('configInternalSymbol');
 
diff --git a/packages/playwright/types/test.d.ts b/packages/playwright/types/test.d.ts
index ab23b480b2..a31bb858d5 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/types/test.d.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/types/test.d.ts
@@ -1367,6 +1367,8 @@ interface TestConfig<TestArgs = {}, WorkerArgs = {}> {
    *
    * This information will appear in the HTML and JSON reports and is available in the Reporter API.
    *
+   * On Github Actions, this feature is enabled by default.
+   *
    * **Usage**
    *
    * ```js
diff --git a/tests/playwright-test/playwright-test-fixtures.ts b/tests/playwright-test/playwright-test-fixtures.ts
index 5d6aab5b8e..789ed1feb6 100644
--- a/tests/playwright-test/playwright-test-fixtures.ts
+++ b/tests/playwright-test/playwright-test-fixtures.ts
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ export function cleanEnv(env: NodeJS.ProcessEnv): NodeJS.ProcessEnv {
     CI_COMMIT_SHA: undefined,
     CI_JOB_URL: undefined,
     CI_PROJECT_URL: undefined,
+    GITHUB_ACTIONS: undefined,
     GITHUB_REPOSITORY: undefined,
     GITHUB_RUN_ID: undefined,
     GITHUB_SERVER_URL: undefined,