diff --git a/plemp.rb b/plemp.rb
index 4502e1f..9585e74 100644
--- a/plemp.rb
+++ b/plemp.rb
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ module Plemp::Views
       end
     end
     UPLOAD_DIR.entries.select { |f| (UPLOAD_DIR + f).file? }.each do |f|
+      next if f.to_s =~ /^\./
       file = UPLOAD_DIR + f
       id = file.basename.to_s
       if Positions.has_key? id
diff --git a/upload/.placeholder b/upload/.placeholder
index e69de29..53a4d0c 100644
--- a/upload/.placeholder
+++ b/upload/.placeholder
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This is a placeholder for Git.