diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 722b6fae..df2e395a 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 const { DateTime } = require('luxon')
 const { spawn } = require('child_process')
+const { intersection } = require('lodash')
 
 const dateTimeFormats = [
   'EEE MMM d HH:mm:ss \'GMT\'ZZ yyyy'   //in pom properties
@@ -31,6 +32,12 @@ function trimAllParents(paths, parents) {
   return paths.map(path => trimParents(path, parents))
 }
 
+function isGitFile(file) {
+  if (!file) return false
+  const segments = file.split(/[\\/]/g)
+  return intersection(segments, ['.git']).length > 0
+}
+
 function extractDate(dateAndTime, formats = dateTimeFormats) {
   if (!dateAndTime) return dateAndTime
   let luxonResult = DateTime.fromISO(dateAndTime)
@@ -75,4 +82,4 @@ function spawnPromisified(command, args, options) {
   })
 }
 
-module.exports = { normalizePath, normalizePaths, trimParents, trimAllParents, extractDate, spawnPromisified }
+module.exports = { normalizePath, normalizePaths, trimParents, trimAllParents, isGitFile, extractDate, spawnPromisified }
diff --git a/providers/process/abstractClearlyDefinedProcessor.js b/providers/process/abstractClearlyDefinedProcessor.js
index b1c5176e..506d860c 100644
--- a/providers/process/abstractClearlyDefinedProcessor.js
+++ b/providers/process/abstractClearlyDefinedProcessor.js
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ const throat = require('throat')
 const path = require('path')
 const { pick, merge } = require('lodash')
 const du = require('du')
-const { trimParents } = require('../../lib/utils')
+const { trimParents, isGitFile } = require('../../lib/utils')
 
 class AbstractClearlyDefinedProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
   get toolVersion() {
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class AbstractClearlyDefinedProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
     let count = 0
     const bytes = await du(location, {
       filter: file => {
-        if (path.basename(file) === '.git') return false
+        if (isGitFile(file)) return false
         count++
         return true
       }
diff --git a/providers/process/abstractProcessor.js b/providers/process/abstractProcessor.js
index e371561e..4ccb5d32 100644
--- a/providers/process/abstractProcessor.js
+++ b/providers/process/abstractProcessor.js
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ const EntitySpec = require('../../lib/entitySpec')
 const fs = require('fs')
 const path = require('path')
 const shajs = require('sha.js')
-const { clone, flatten, intersection, pick, set } = require('lodash')
+const { clone, flatten, pick, set } = require('lodash')
 const { promisify } = require('util')
 const readdir = promisify(fs.readdir)
 const lstat = promisify(fs.lstat)
-const { trimAllParents } = require('../../lib/utils')
+const { trimAllParents, isGitFile } = require('../../lib/utils')
 
 class AbstractProcessor extends BaseHandler {
   constructor(options) {
@@ -150,12 +150,7 @@ class AbstractProcessor extends BaseHandler {
    */
   async filterFiles(location) {
     const fullList = await this.getFiles(location)
-    const exclusions = ['.git']
-    const filteredList = fullList.filter(file => {
-      if (!file) return false
-      const segments = file.split(/[\\/]/g)
-      return !intersection(segments, exclusions).length
-    })
+    const filteredList = fullList.filter(file => file && !isGitFile(file))
     return trimAllParents(filteredList, location).filter(x => x)
   }
 
diff --git a/test/unit/lib/utilsTests.js b/test/unit/lib/utilsTests.js
index 82bee191..b3cf5028 100644
--- a/test/unit/lib/utilsTests.js
+++ b/test/unit/lib/utilsTests.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 const chai = require('chai')
 const chaiAsPromised = require('chai-as-promised')
-const { normalizePath, normalizePaths, trimParents, trimAllParents, extractDate, spawnPromisified } = require('../../../lib/utils')
+const { normalizePath, normalizePaths, trimParents, trimAllParents, extractDate, spawnPromisified, isGitFile } = require('../../../lib/utils')
 const { promisify } = require('util')
 const execFile = promisify(require('child_process').execFile)
 chai.use(chaiAsPromised)
@@ -56,6 +56,22 @@ describe('Utils path functions', () => {
   })
 })
 
+describe('Util isGitFile', () => {
+  const entries = new Map([
+    [null, false],
+    ['/', false],
+    ['/tmp/tempX/package/src', false],
+    ['.git', true],
+    ['/tmp/tempX/package/.git', true],
+    ['/tmp/tempX/package/.git/hooks/pre-merge-commit.sample', true]
+  ])
+
+  entries.forEach((expected, file) => {
+    it(`should return ${expected} for isGitFile given '${file}'`, () => expect(isGitFile(file)).to.eq(expected))
+  })
+
+})
+
 describe('Util extractDate', () => {
   it('handle null', () => {
     expect(extractDate(null)).to.be.null