diff --git a/scripttease/lib/commands/posix.py b/scripttease/lib/commands/posix.py
index 3257031..e83dfe8 100644
--- a/scripttease/lib/commands/posix.py
+++ b/scripttease/lib/commands/posix.py
@@ -539,6 +539,7 @@ def rsync(source, target, delete=False, exclude=None, host=None, key_file=None,
         tokens.append("--delete")
 
     if exclude is not None:
+        # tokens.append("--exclude-from={'%s'}" % exclude)
         tokens.append("--exclude-from=%s" % exclude)
 
     # --partial and --progress
@@ -653,7 +654,8 @@ def sync(source, target, delete=False, exclude=None, links=True, recursive=True,
 
     tokens = list()
     tokens.append("rsync")
-    tokens.append("--cvs-exclude")
+    # tokens.append("--cvs-exclude")
+    tokens.append("--exclude=.git")
     tokens.append("--checksum")
     tokens.append("--compress")
 
@@ -664,6 +666,7 @@ def sync(source, target, delete=False, exclude=None, links=True, recursive=True,
         tokens.append("--delete")
 
     if exclude is not None:
+        # tokens.append("--exclude-from={'%s'}" % exclude)
         tokens.append("--exclude-from=%s" % exclude)
 
     # --partial and --progress