diff --git a/.githooks/pre-commit b/.githooks/pre-commit
index 6882948f6..a014d7ac4 100755
--- a/.githooks/pre-commit
+++ b/.githooks/pre-commit
@@ -14,13 +14,12 @@ do
 	fi
     else
 	echo "Skipping formatting of $FILE"
-	if [[ $FILE == *.sh || $FILE == *.py || $FILE == *.rb ||
-		  $FILE == *pre-commit ]]; then
+	if [[ $FILE == *.sh || $FILE == *.py || $FILE == *pre-commit ]]; then
 	    if [[ -e $FILE ]]; then
-		echo "Changing $FILE permissions to 0755"
-		chmod 0755 $FILE
 		echo "Running dos2unix on $FILE"
 		dos2unix $FILE
+		echo "Changing $FILE permissions to 0755"
+		chmod 0755 $FILE
 		git add $FILE
 	    fi
 	else
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ae2d30ca0..31bb95cd1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ tlRender/debug_tests
 Qt5
 Qt6
 packages
-Debug
-Release
-RelWithDebInfo
 doc/doxygen
 examples/mrv2
 *__pycache__
diff --git a/bin/release/tag_release.sh b/bin/release/tag_release.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/bin/release/upload_docs.sh b/bin/release/upload_docs.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/bin/release/upload_sourceforge.sh b/bin/release/upload_sourceforge.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
diff --git a/bin/release/upload_www.sh b/bin/release/upload_www.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755