diff --git a/Drupal.gitignore b/Drupal.gitignore
index 0a6c20bd93..a14c765d4b 100644
--- a/Drupal.gitignore
+++ b/Drupal.gitignore
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ sites/*/files
 sites/*/private
 
 # Ignore default text files
-.htaccess
 robots.txt
 /CHANGELOG.txt
 /COPYRIGHT.txt
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ sites/all/modules/README.txt
 sites/all/themes/README.txt
 
 # Ignore everything but the "sites" folder ( for non core developer )
+.htaccess
 web.config
 authorize.php
 cron.php