diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c8aa214..f9cb569 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# The reason for having .git/ here is to make sure Telescope in neovim doesn't
+# search inside the .git/ directory. This works because Telescope respects
+# .gitignore.
+.git/
+
 config.local
 config/nvim/plugin/packer_compiled.lua
 config/zsh/.zcompdump
diff --git a/config/nvim/lua/fs/config/telescope.lua b/config/nvim/lua/fs/config/telescope.lua
index 84dd0d2..734d00c 100644
--- a/config/nvim/lua/fs/config/telescope.lua
+++ b/config/nvim/lua/fs/config/telescope.lua
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ M.find_dotfiles = function()
   builtin.find_files {
     prompt_title = '  Find dotfiles ',
     cwd = '~/.dotfiles',
+    hidden = true,
   }
 end