diff --git a/bin/sde-cleanup-linger b/bin/sde-cleanup-linger
index f11a9b2..d41a2e0 100755
--- a/bin/sde-cleanup-linger
+++ b/bin/sde-cleanup-linger
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
 #
 # Filename: bin/sde-cleanup-linger
-# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2008 The OpenSDE Project
+# Copyright (C) 2006 - 2009 The OpenSDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 The T2 SDE Project
 # Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
 #
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ files_warn="-name DEADJOE -o -name *-[xX]			\
 # Print warnings for 'lingering' files
 #
 ( bin/find ${sderootdirs} \(						\
-	\( $files_warn -o -name '.[^.]*' \)				\
+	\( \( $files_warn -o -name '.[^.]*' \) -a ! -name '.gitignore' \) \
 	-printf 'WARNING: Found %p\n'					\
   \) -o \(								\
 	\( ! -type d ! -type f \)					\