diff --git a/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleRepoGit.cs b/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleRepoGit.cs
index e1c8c167..d25bdb19 100755
--- a/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleRepoGit.cs
+++ b/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleRepoGit.cs
@@ -59,6 +59,16 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
         }
 
 
+        public override List<string> ExcludePaths {
+            get {
+                List<string> rules = new List<string> ();
+                rules.Add (Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + ".git");
+
+                return rules;
+            }
+        }
+
+
         public override double Size {
             get {
                 return CalculateSize (
diff --git a/SparkleLib/SparkleRepoBase.cs b/SparkleLib/SparkleRepoBase.cs
index 5b1a9025..867e602b 100755
--- a/SparkleLib/SparkleRepoBase.cs
+++ b/SparkleLib/SparkleRepoBase.cs
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
         public abstract bool SyncDown ();
         public abstract double CalculateSize (DirectoryInfo parent);
         public abstract bool HasUnsyncedChanges { get; set; }
+        public abstract List<string> ExcludePaths { get; }
 
         public abstract double Size { get; }
         public abstract double HistorySize { get; }
@@ -342,9 +343,12 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
             if (!this.watcher.EnableRaisingEvents)
                 return;
 
-            if (args.FullPath.Contains (Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + ".") &&
-                !args.FullPath.Contains (Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + ".notes"))
-                return;
+            string relative_path = args.FullPath.Replace (LocalPath, "");
+
+            foreach (string exclude_path in ExcludePaths) {
+                if (relative_path.Contains (exclude_path))
+                    return;
+            }
 
             WatcherChangeTypes wct = args.ChangeType;
 
diff --git a/SparkleLib/SparkleWatcher.cs b/SparkleLib/SparkleWatcher.cs
index ae0ec573..f1c477fd 100755
--- a/SparkleLib/SparkleWatcher.cs
+++ b/SparkleLib/SparkleWatcher.cs
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
                 if (ChangeEvent != null)
                     ChangeEvent (args);
             };
-
         }
     }
 }