diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 9390588..303529c 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ pub fn get_args() -> Args {
     let default_ignores = vec![format!("*{}.DS_Store", MAIN_SEPARATOR),
                                String::from("*.pyc"),
                                String::from("*.swp"),
-                               format!("*{}.git{}*", MAIN_SEPARATOR, MAIN_SEPARATOR),
-                               format!("*{}.hg{}*", MAIN_SEPARATOR, MAIN_SEPARATOR),
-                               format!("*{}.svn{}*", MAIN_SEPARATOR, MAIN_SEPARATOR)];
+                               format!("*{}.git{}**", MAIN_SEPARATOR, MAIN_SEPARATOR),
+                               format!("*{}.hg{}**", MAIN_SEPARATOR, MAIN_SEPARATOR),
+                               format!("*{}.svn{}**", MAIN_SEPARATOR, MAIN_SEPARATOR)];
 
 
     if args.occurrences_of("no-default-ignore") == 0 {