diff --git a/tag-git/gitconfig b/tag-git/gitconfig
index 315f9283..c8670771 100644
--- a/tag-git/gitconfig
+++ b/tag-git/gitconfig
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 
 [core]
 	editor = vim
-	excludesFile = ~/.gitignore
+	excludesFile = ~/.gitignore-global
 
 [diff]
 	tool = vimdiff