diff --git a/conf.py b/conf.py
index 37e4f7b5bf2..09406b7e81e 100644
--- a/conf.py
+++ b/conf.py
@@ -41,8 +41,9 @@
     "README.rst",
     "CONTRIBUTING.rst",
     "pep_sphinx_extensions/LICENCE.rst",
-    # Miscellaneous
+    # Miscellaneous:
     ".codespell",
+    ".git",
 ]
 
 # -- Options for HTML output -------------------------------------------------