1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/hg.py b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/hg.py
index ab00d43033..9c11debd80 100644
--- a/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/hg.py
+++ b/bitbake/lib/bb/fetch/hg.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ class Hg(Fetch):
 
         os.chdir(ud.pkgdir)
         try:
-            runfetchcmd("tar -czf %s %s" % (ud.localpath, ud.module), d)
+            runfetchcmd("tar --exclude '.hg' --exclude '.hgrags' -czf %s %s" % (ud.localpath, ud.module), d)
         except:
             t, v, tb = sys.exc_info()
             try: