diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 06a6007..0a5daff 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ A brief list of features
    them in the templates.
 3. Organization: The sorter, grouper and tagger plugins provide rich
    meta-data driven organizational capabilities to hyde sites.
-4. Publishing: Hyde sites can be published to variety of targets including:
-    github pages, Amazon S3 & SFTP.
+4. Publishing: Hyde sites can be published to variety of targets including
+   github pages, Amazon S3 & SFTP.
 
 Links
 -----
diff --git a/hyde/model.py b/hyde/model.py
index fc51b38..5066c87 100644
--- a/hyde/model.py
+++ b/hyde/model.py
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class Config(Expando):
             base_url="/",
             not_found='404.html',
             plugins = [],
-            ignore = [ "*~", "*.bak" ]
+            ignore = [ "*~", "*.bak", ".hg", ".git", ".svn"]
         )
         self.config_file = config_file
         self.config_dict = config_dict
diff --git a/hyde/site.py b/hyde/site.py
index 6d46487..c6d7bcc 100644
--- a/hyde/site.py
+++ b/hyde/site.py
@@ -351,16 +351,24 @@ class RootNode(Node):
 
         with self.source_folder.walker as walker:
 
+            def dont_ignore(name):
+                for pattern in self.site.config.ignore:
+                    if fnmatch.fnmatch(name, pattern):
+                        return False
+                return True
+
             @walker.folder_visitor
             def visit_folder(folder):
-                self.add_node(folder)
+                if dont_ignore(folder.name):
+                    self.add_node(folder)
+                else:
+                    logger.debug("Ignoring node: %s" % folder.name)
+                    return False
 
             @walker.file_visitor
             def visit_file(afile):
-                for pattern in self.site.config.ignore:
-                    if fnmatch.fnmatch(afile.name, pattern):
-                        return
-                self.add_resource(afile)
+                if dont_ignore(afile.name):
+                    self.add_resource(afile)
 
 class Site(object):
     """
diff --git a/hyde/tests/test_model.py b/hyde/tests/test_model.py
index 795290d..8ad5057 100644
--- a/hyde/tests/test_model.py
+++ b/hyde/tests/test_model.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class TestConfig(object):
         assert hasattr(c, 'plugins')
         assert len(c.plugins) == 0
         assert hasattr(c, 'ignore')
-        assert c.ignore == ["*~", "*.bak"]
+        assert c.ignore == ["*~", "*.bak", ".hg", ".git", ".svn"]
         assert c.deploy_root_path == TEST_SITE.child_folder('deploy')
         assert c.not_found == '404.html'
 
diff --git a/hyde/tests/test_site.py b/hyde/tests/test_site.py
index 181d697..276ca8b 100644
--- a/hyde/tests/test_site.py
+++ b/hyde/tests/test_site.py
@@ -236,13 +236,32 @@ class TestSiteWithConfig(object):
         assert resource.full_url == "/media/" + path
 
     def test_config_ignore(self):
-        s = Site(self.SITE_PATH, config=self.config)
+        c = Config(self.SITE_PATH, config_dict=self.config.to_dict())
+        s = Site(self.SITE_PATH, config=c)
         s.load()
         path = 'apple-touch-icon.png'
         resource = s.content.resource_from_relative_path(path)
         assert resource
         assert resource.full_url ==  "/" + path
-        s = Site(self.SITE_PATH, config=self.config)
+        s = Site(self.SITE_PATH, config=c)
         s.config.ignore.append('*.png')
         resource = s.content.resource_from_relative_path(path)
         assert not resource
+
+    def test_config_ignore_nodes(self):
+        c = Config(self.SITE_PATH, config_dict=self.config.to_dict())
+        git = self.SITE_PATH.child_folder('.git')
+        git.make()
+        s = Site(self.SITE_PATH, config=c)
+        s.load()
+        git_node = s.content.node_from_relative_path('.git')
+        assert not git_node
+        blog_node = s.content.node_from_relative_path('blog')
+        assert blog_node
+        assert blog_node.full_url ==  "/blog"
+        s = Site(self.SITE_PATH, config=c)
+        s.config.ignore.append('blog')
+        blog_node = s.content.node_from_relative_path('blog')
+        assert not blog_node
+        git_node = s.content.node_from_relative_path('.git')
+        assert not git_node