diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index a3c610837004302952e7cb3d232db5b0ed2d0070..a96f8f547384d614618d6c5ba7defcbe699e9214 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-.tag ident
+.tag            export-subst
+.gitignore      export-ignore
+.gitattributes  export-ignore
diff --git a/.tag b/.tag
index 055c8729cdcc372500a08db659c045e16c4409fb..6828f88dcb0e88b8cd738ad6044ce74d7a9a13c8 100644
--- a/.tag
+++ b/.tag
@@ -1 +1 @@
-$Id$
+$Format:%H$