Index: bin/dispatch-conf
===================================================================
--- bin/dispatch-conf	(revision 11927)
+++ bin/dispatch-conf	(revision 11929)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 from portage import dispatch_conf
 from portage.process import find_binary
 
-FIND_EXTANT_CONFIGS  = "find '%s' %s -iname '._cfg????_%s' ! -iname '.*~' ! -iname '.*.bak'"
+FIND_EXTANT_CONFIGS  = "find '%s' %s -name '._cfg????_%s' ! -name '.*~' ! -iname '.*.bak' -print"
 DIFF_CONTENTS        = "diff -Nu '%s' '%s'"
 DIFF_CVS_INTERP      = "diff -Nu '%s' '%s' | grep '^[+-][^+-]' | grep -v '# .Header:.*'"
 DIFF_WSCOMMENTS      = "diff -Nu '%s' '%s' | grep '^[+-][^+-]' | grep -v '^[-+]#' | grep -v '^[-+][:space:]*$'"
@@ -93,11 +93,12 @@
             except OSError:
                 continue
             basename = "*"
-            find_opts = ""
+            find_opts = "-name '.*' -type d -prune -o"
             if not stat.S_ISDIR(mymode):
                 path, basename = os.path.split(path)
                 find_opts = "-maxdepth 1"
 
+            print FIND_EXTANT_CONFIGS % (path, find_opts, basename)
             confs += self.massage(os.popen(FIND_EXTANT_CONFIGS % (path, find_opts, basename)).readlines())
 
         if self.options['use-rcs'] == 'yes':
Index: bin/etc-update
===================================================================
--- bin/etc-update	(revision 11927)
+++ bin/etc-update	(revision 11929)
@@ -50,17 +50,19 @@
 
 	for path in ${CONFIG_PROTECT} ; do
 		path="${ROOT}${path}"
-		find_opts="-iname ._cfg????_*"
+		# Do not traverse hidden directories such as .svn or .git.
+		find_opts="-name .* -type d -prune -o -name ._cfg????_*"
 		if [ ! -d "${path}" ]; then
 			[ ! -f "${path}" ] && continue
 			my_basename="${path##*/}"
 			path="${path%/*}"
-			find_opts="-maxdepth 1 -iname ._cfg????_${my_basename}"
+			find_opts="-maxdepth 1 -name ._cfg????_${my_basename}"
 		fi
 
 		ofile=""
 		# The below set -f turns off file name globbing in the ${find_opts} expansion.
-		for file in $(set -f; find ${path}/ ${find_opts} ! -iname '.*~' ! -iname '.*.bak' |
+		for file in $(set -f ; find ${path}/ ${find_opts} \
+		       ! -name '.*~' ! -iname '.*.bak' -print |
 			   sed -e "s:\(^.*/\)\(\._cfg[0-9]*_\)\(.*$\):\1\2\3\%\2\%\3:" |
 			   sort -t'%' -k3 -k2 | LANG=POSIX LC_ALL=POSIX cut -f1 -d'%'); do