diff --git a/.bazelignore b/.bazelignore
index 1b520c317..bbb6d1890 100644
--- a/.bazelignore
+++ b/.bazelignore
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-.git
+# ignore .git, but make sure we can get commit hash
+!.git/HEAD
+!.git/refs
+!.git/refs/heads
+!.git/packed-refs
+.git/*
+
 node_modules
 bazel-out
 bazel-bin