diff --git a/roles/developer/website/files/cron-sync-developer b/roles/developer/website/files/cron-sync-developer
index 4b606af29b..4b20191e21 100644
--- a/roles/developer/website/files/cron-sync-developer
+++ b/roles/developer/website/files/cron-sync-developer
@@ -1 +1 @@
-30 * * * *  root /usr/bin/rsync --delete -a --no-owner --no-group sundries01::developer.fedoraproject.org/ /srv/web/developer.fedoraproject.org/
+30 * * * *  root /usr/bin/rsync --delete -a --no-owner --no-group --delete-excluded --exclude='.git*' sundries01::developer.fedoraproject.org/ /srv/web/developer.fedoraproject.org/
diff --git a/roles/fedora-budget/proxy/files/cron-sync-budget b/roles/fedora-budget/proxy/files/cron-sync-budget
index ab327291b5..5c71bd6c02 100644
--- a/roles/fedora-budget/proxy/files/cron-sync-budget
+++ b/roles/fedora-budget/proxy/files/cron-sync-budget
@@ -1 +1 @@
-25 * * * *  root /usr/bin/rsync --delete -a --no-owner --no-group sundries01::budget.fedoraproject.org/ /srv/web/budget.fedoraproject.org/
+25 * * * *  root /usr/bin/rsync --delete -a --no-owner --no-group --delete-excluded --exclude='.git*' sundries01::budget.fedoraproject.org/ /srv/web/budget.fedoraproject.org/
diff --git a/roles/fedora-docs/proxy/files/docs-rsync b/roles/fedora-docs/proxy/files/docs-rsync
index 6ab7f1b42c..bd4fba59b3 100755
--- a/roles/fedora-docs/proxy/files/docs-rsync
+++ b/roles/fedora-docs/proxy/files/docs-rsync
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # build the combined docs tree. 
 # See https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issue/7130
 
-rsync --timeout 300 -aH --delete --delete-after --exclude=.git /srv/web/docs.fedoraproject.org/ /srv/web/docs-redirects/ /srv/web/docs-old.fedoraproject.org/public_html/ /srv/web/docs-combined/
+rsync --timeout 300 -aH --delete --delete-after --delete-excluded --exclude='.git*' /srv/web/docs.fedoraproject.org/ /srv/web/docs-redirects/ /srv/web/docs-old.fedoraproject.org/public_html/ /srv/web/docs-combined/
diff --git a/roles/fedora-docs/proxy/files/docs-rsync.stg b/roles/fedora-docs/proxy/files/docs-rsync.stg
index 3f268344cf..fc29c82547 100755
--- a/roles/fedora-docs/proxy/files/docs-rsync.stg
+++ b/roles/fedora-docs/proxy/files/docs-rsync.stg
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 # build the combined docs tree. 
 # See https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/issue/7130
 
-rsync -aH --delete /srv/web/docs.fedoraproject.org/ /srv/web/docs-redirects/ /srv/web/docs-old.fedoraproject.org/public_html/ /srv/web/docs-combined/
+rsync --timeout 300 -aH --delete --delete-after --delete-excluded --exclude='.git*' /srv/web/docs.fedoraproject.org/ /srv/web/docs-redirects/ /srv/web/docs-old.fedoraproject.org/public_html/ /srv/web/docs-combined/