diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index f9e806c..34aa9c2 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -63,3 +63,4 @@ core/.phpstan-baseline.php text eol=lf whitespace=blank-at-eol,-blank-at-eof,-sp
 *.ttf     -text diff
 *.woff    -text diff
 *.woff2   -text diff
+vendor/ -text
diff --git a/scripts/deploy.sh b/scripts/deploy.sh
index 226220f..8cd5f84 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 cd dchadwick
 echo "Copying local repo to build dir\n"
 rsync -av --exclude-from="$LOCAL_REPO/scripts/rsync-exclude.txt" $LOCAL_REPO/ .
+rm .gitignore
+git rm --cached .gitignore
 composer install --no-dev --prefer-dist --no-interaction
 find . -mindepth 2 -type d -name ".git" -exec rm -rf {} +
 git add -A
diff --git a/scripts/rsync-exclude.txt b/scripts/rsync-exclude.txt
index 43a5695..08c85fb 100644
--- a/scripts/rsync-exclude.txt
+++ b/scripts/rsync-exclude.txt
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ web/modules/contrib
 web/themes/contrib
 web/sites/simpletest
 web/profiles/contrib
+web/sites/default/files