diff --git a/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleFetcherGit.cs b/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleFetcherGit.cs
index b54e5e2c..9bd011d2 100755
--- a/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleFetcherGit.cs
+++ b/SparkleLib/Git/SparkleFetcherGit.cs
@@ -225,72 +225,8 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
             string exclude_rules_file_path = Path.Combine (info.FullName, "exclude");
             TextWriter writer = new StreamWriter (exclude_rules_file_path);
 
-                // gedit and emacs
-                writer.WriteLine ("*~");
-
-                // Firefox and Chromium temporary download files
-                writer.WriteLine ("*.part");
-                writer.WriteLine ("*.crdownload");
-
-                // vi(m)
-                writer.WriteLine (".*.sw[a-z]");
-                writer.WriteLine ("*.un~");
-                writer.WriteLine ("*.swp");
-                writer.WriteLine ("*.swo");
-                
-                // KDE
-                writer.WriteLine (".directory");
-    
-                // Mac OS X
-                writer.WriteLine (".DS_Store");
-                writer.WriteLine ("Icon?");
-                writer.WriteLine ("._*");
-                writer.WriteLine (".Spotlight-V100");
-                writer.WriteLine (".Trashes");
-
-                // Omnigraffle
-                writer.WriteLine ("*(Autosaved).graffle");
-            
-                // Windows
-                writer.WriteLine ("Thumbs.db");
-                writer.WriteLine ("Desktop.ini");
-
-                // MS Office
-                writer.WriteLine ("~*.tmp");
-                writer.WriteLine ("~*.TMP");
-                writer.WriteLine ("*~*.tmp");
-                writer.WriteLine ("*~*.TMP");
-                writer.WriteLine ("~*.ppt");
-                writer.WriteLine ("~*.PPT");
-                writer.WriteLine ("~*.pptx");
-                writer.WriteLine ("~*.PPTX");
-                writer.WriteLine ("~*.xls");
-                writer.WriteLine ("~*.XLS");
-                writer.WriteLine ("~*.xlsx");
-                writer.WriteLine ("~*.XLSX");
-                writer.WriteLine ("~*.doc");
-                writer.WriteLine ("~*.DOC");
-                writer.WriteLine ("~*.docx");
-                writer.WriteLine ("~*.DOCX");
-
-                // CVS
-                writer.WriteLine ("*/CVS/*");
-                writer.WriteLine (".cvsignore");
-                writer.WriteLine ("*/.cvsignore");
-                
-                // Subversion
-                writer.WriteLine ("/.svn/*");
-                writer.WriteLine ("*/.svn/*");
-
-                // Mercurial
-                writer.WriteLine ("/.hg/*");
-                writer.WriteLine ("*/.hg/*");
-                writer.WriteLine ("*/.hgignore");
-
-                // Bazaar
-                writer.WriteLine ("/.bzr/*");
-                writer.WriteLine ("*/.bzr/*");
-                writer.WriteLine ("*/.bzrignore");
+            foreach (string exclude_rule in ExcludeRules)
+                writer.WriteLine (exclude_rule);
 
             writer.Close ();
 
diff --git a/SparkleLib/Makefile.am b/SparkleLib/Makefile.am
index 502e3a6f..92a45ea8 100755
--- a/SparkleLib/Makefile.am
+++ b/SparkleLib/Makefile.am
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ TARGET = library
 
 SOURCES =  \
 	Defines.cs \
-	SparkleExtensions.cs \
 	Git/SparkleFetcherGit.cs \
 	Git/SparkleGit.cs \
 	Git/SparkleRepoGit.cs \
 	SparkleBackend.cs \
 	SparkleChangeSet.cs \
 	SparkleConfig.cs \
+	SparkleExtensions.cs \
 	SparkleFetcherBase.cs \
 	SparkleHelpers.cs \
 	SparkleListenerBase.cs \
diff --git a/SparkleLib/SparkleFetcherBase.cs b/SparkleLib/SparkleFetcherBase.cs
index da69976d..da7ce962 100755
--- a/SparkleLib/SparkleFetcherBase.cs
+++ b/SparkleLib/SparkleFetcherBase.cs
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 
 
 using System;
-using System.IO;
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Security.AccessControl;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Threading;
@@ -37,22 +37,94 @@ namespace SparkleLib {
         public event FailedEventHandler Failed;
         public event ProgressChangedEventHandler ProgressChanged;
 
+        public string [] ExcludeRules;
+
         protected string target_folder;
         protected string remote_url;
 
         private Thread thread;
 
-        
+
         public SparkleFetcherBase (string server, string remote_folder, string target_folder)
         {
             this.target_folder = target_folder;
             this.remote_url    = server + "/" + remote_folder;
+
+            ExcludeRules = new string [] {
+                // gedit and emacs
+                "*~",
+
+                // Firefox and Chromium temporary download files
+                "*.part",
+                "*.crdownload",
+
+                // vi(m)
+                ".*.sw[a-z]",
+                "*.un~",
+                "*.swp",
+                "*.swo",
+
+                // KDE
+                ".directory",
+
+                // Mac OS X
+                ".DS_Store",
+                "Icon?",
+                "._*",
+                ".Spotlight-V100",
+                ".Trashes",
+
+                // Omnigraffle
+                "*(Autosaved).graffle",
+
+                // Windows
+                "Thumbs.db",
+                "Desktop.ini",
+
+                // MS Office
+                "~*.tmp",
+                "~*.TMP",
+                "*~*.tmp",
+                "*~*.TMP",
+                "~*.ppt",
+                "~*.PPT",
+                "~*.pptx",
+                "~*.PPTX",
+                "~*.xls",
+                "~*.XLS",
+                "~*.xlsx",
+                "~*.XLSX",
+                "~*.doc",
+                "~*.DOC",
+                "~*.docx",
+                "~*.DOCX",
+
+                // CVS
+                "*/CVS/*",
+                ".cvsignore",
+                "*/.cvsignore",
+
+                // Subversion
+                "/.svn/*",
+                "*/.svn/*",
+
+                // Mercurial
+                "/.hg/*",
+                "*/.hg/*",
+                "*/.hgignore",
+
+                // Bazaar
+                "/.bzr/*",
+                "*/.bzr/*",
+                "*/.bzrignore"
+            };
         }
 
 
         public abstract bool Fetch ();
         public abstract string [] Warnings { get; }
 
+
         // Clones the remote repository
         public void Start ()
         {