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diff --git a/exclude.c b/exclude.c
index 109ee8d6..35fa307a 100644
--- a/exclude.c
+++ b/exclude.c
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ int check_exclude(char *name,struct exclude_struct **local_exclude_list,
 {
 	int n;
 
+	if (name && (name[0] == '.') && !name[1])
+		/* never exclude '.', even if somebody does --exclude '*' */
+		return 0;
+
 	if (exclude_list) {
 		for (n=0; exclude_list[n]; n++)
 			if (check_one_exclude(name,exclude_list[n],st))