diff --git a/.config/git/skel/MANIFEST.in b/.config/git/skel/MANIFEST.in
index 3db680179333f6783a5aac2ba617d805df1d44dd..8aa051356218cfbf2cfacca057d47662c61d932c 100644
--- a/.config/git/skel/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/.config/git/skel/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 include *.rst
 include *.txt
-exclude .pre-commit-config.yaml
-exclude .gitlab-ci.yml
+recursive-exclude tests *
+recursive-exclude report *
 exclude .gitignore
+exclude .gitlab-ci.yml
+exclude .pre-commit-config.yaml
+exclude Makefile
+exclude Dockerfile