Index: tools/tools/git/arcgit
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--- tools/tools/git/arcgit
+++ tools/tools/git/arcgit
@@ -185,7 +185,8 @@
 	error "Working directory is unclean"
 fi
 
-if git ls-files --other --error-unmatch . > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
+if git ls-files . --others --exclude-standard --error-unmatch \
+    > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
 then
 	error "Working directory contains untracked files"
 fi