diff --git a/MANIFEST.SKIP b/MANIFEST.SKIP
index 0a25221f3..a29332d7e 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.SKIP
+++ b/MANIFEST.SKIP
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 \.clang-tidy
 \.git/
+\.git$
 \.svn/
 \.(bak|old)/
 \.(bak|old)$