diff --git a/.distignore b/.distignore
index 7fffd961..c34ee538 100644
--- a/.distignore
+++ b/.distignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Export ignore handling
 
 # Directories
+/.git
 /.github
 /.wordpress-org
 /bin
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 2bbe07c7..3b069098 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ tests/_support/_generated/* linguist-generated=true
 # Export ignore handling
 
 # Directories
+/.git export-ignore
 /.github export-ignore
 /.wordpress-org export-ignore
 /bin export-ignore