diff --git a/.stow-local-ignore b/.stow-local-ignore
index d99554d..b41d37e 100644
--- a/.stow-local-ignore
+++ b/.stow-local-ignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-CNAME
-README.md
-index.html
+^/\.git
+^/CNAME
+^/README\.md
+^/index\.html