diff --git a/jenkins/cloudbees_hgweb b/jenkins/cloudbees_hgweb
index 55f93f6..dd19faa 100644
--- a/jenkins/cloudbees_hgweb
+++ b/jenkins/cloudbees_hgweb
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ hg clone -U http://hg.code.sf.net/p/epics-pvdata/pvAccessCPP hgweb
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 # Sync into SF webspace
 
-rsync -aqP --delete -e ssh hgweb/.hg epics-jenkins@web.sourceforge.net:/home/project-web/epics-pvdata/repos/pvAccessCPP
+rsync -aqP --delete --exclude=\.hg/hgrc -e ssh hgweb/.hg epics-jenkins@web.sourceforge.net:/home/project-web/epics-pvdata/repos/pvAccessCPP