diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4e17b754f..3ed3f1b3b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -48,4 +48,5 @@
 omeka.sql
 
 .env.*
-*deploy.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
+*deploy.yaml
+.git/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/chart/.gitignore b/chart/.gitignore
index 5798eef83..2fd6c58c9 100644
--- a/chart/.gitignore
+++ b/chart/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 server.pem
 server.key
-*values.yaml
\ No newline at end of file
+*values.yaml
+.git/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/ExhibitBuilder/.gitignore b/plugins/ExhibitBuilder/.gitignore
index 496ee2ca6..760d18631 100644
--- a/plugins/ExhibitBuilder/.gitignore
+++ b/plugins/ExhibitBuilder/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
+.DS_Store
+.git/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/themes/berlin/.gitignore b/themes/berlin/.gitignore
index 4c18e4eec..8ffe4e539 100644
--- a/themes/berlin/.gitignore
+++ b/themes/berlin/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 .sass-cache/
 node_modules/
 package-lock.json
+.git/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/themes/default/.gitignore b/themes/default/.gitignore
index b5c3bc85d..6b82ae82f 100644
--- a/themes/default/.gitignore
+++ b/themes/default/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 .DS_Store
 .sass-cache
 node_modules/
+.git/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/themes/seasons/.gitignore b/themes/seasons/.gitignore
index 1cb931ca4..381430308 100644
--- a/themes/seasons/.gitignore
+++ b/themes/seasons/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .DS_Store
 .sass-cache
 node_modules/
-package-lock.json
\ No newline at end of file
+package-lock.json
+.git/
\ No newline at end of file