diff --git a/.bazelignore b/.bazelignore
index 4ae507f..b8a84c1 100644
--- a/.bazelignore
+++ b/.bazelignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-.cache
+.cache/bazel
 examples
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_prep.sh b/.github/workflows/release_prep.sh
index 8a71327..b646764 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/release_prep.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_prep.sh
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ TAG="${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
 PREFIX="rules_build_error-${TAG}"
 ARCHIVE="rules_build_error-${TAG}.tar.gz"
 
-git archive --format=tar "--prefix=${PREFIX}/" "${TAG}" | \
-    gzip \
-    > "${ARCHIVE}"
+git ls-files -z | \
+    tar --transform "s|^|${PREFIX}/|" --null -czhf "${ARCHIVE}" --files-from=-
 
 # StdOut of this script is used for release description
 cat << EOF