diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 05f2038793b4..e8fa75e0275b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 64d5aea30062ce9f3ce7c62be8ae65e776cbfee2
+refs/heads/master: 6db823cf4b44f235b5e1da8ec1fe3c3cd63647fe
diff --git a/trunk/.gitignore b/trunk/.gitignore
index efab0ebec859..a2939fc10b22 100644
--- a/trunk/.gitignore
+++ b/trunk/.gitignore
@@ -34,14 +34,18 @@ modules.builtin
 #
 # Top-level generic files
 #
-tags
-TAGS
-linux
-vmlinux
-vmlinuz
-System.map
-Module.markers
-Module.symvers
+/tags
+/TAGS
+/linux
+/vmlinux
+/vmlinuz
+/System.map
+/Module.markers
+/Module.symvers
+
+#
+# git files that we don't want to ignore even it they are dot-files
+#
 !.gitignore
 !.mailmap