diff --git a/pkg/fedora/diaspora.spec b/pkg/fedora/diaspora.spec
index 8e7a2ef39..9a409f526 100644
--- a/pkg/fedora/diaspora.spec
+++ b/pkg/fedora/diaspora.spec
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ mkdir -p  $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/etc/logrotate.d
 cp diaspora.logconf  $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_sysconfdir}/logrotate.d/diaspora
 mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/diaspora
 cp -ar master $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/diaspora
+cp master/.gitignore $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_datadir}/diaspora/master
 
 %post
 /bin/chown diaspora:diaspora %{_localstatedir}/log/diaspora
diff --git a/pkg/fedora/make_dist.sh b/pkg/fedora/make_dist.sh
index b2ca4695e..3d5828e30 100755
--- a/pkg/fedora/make_dist.sh
+++ b/pkg/fedora/make_dist.sh
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ function checkout()
 # Checkout last version of diaspora unless it's already there.
 # Returns: commit for current branch's HEAD.
 {   
-    mkdir dist || :
+    mkdir dist  >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
     (
         cd dist 
         test -d diaspora && {
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ function make_dist
     cp diaspora.logconf  dist/${RELEASE_DIR}
     cd dist
     mkdir ${RELEASE_DIR}/master
-    cp -ar diaspora/*  ${RELEASE_DIR}/master	
+    cp -ar diaspora/*  diaspora/.gitignore ${RELEASE_DIR}/master	
     mv  ${RELEASE_DIR}/master/diaspora.spec  ${RELEASE_DIR}
     tar czf ${RELEASE_DIR}.tar.gz  ${RELEASE_DIR} && rm -rf ${RELEASE_DIR}
 }