diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py b/poky/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
index d39c474..6ebe368 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/devtool/__init__.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
     if not os.path.exists(os.path.join(repodir, '.git')):
         bb.process.run('git init', cwd=repodir)
         bb.process.run('git config --local gc.autodetach 0', cwd=repodir)
-        bb.process.run('git add .', cwd=repodir)
+        bb.process.run('git add -f -A .', cwd=repodir)
         commit_cmd = ['git']
         oe.patch.GitApplyTree.gitCommandUserOptions(commit_cmd, d=d)
         commit_cmd += ['commit', '-q']
diff --git a/poky/scripts/lib/devtool/upgrade.py b/poky/scripts/lib/devtool/upgrade.py
index f962a71..ebe7228 100644
--- a/poky/scripts/lib/devtool/upgrade.py
+++ b/poky/scripts/lib/devtool/upgrade.py
@@ -235,14 +235,14 @@
         # Copy in new ones
         _copy_source_code(tmpsrctree, srctree)
 
-        (stdout,_) = __run('git ls-files --modified --others --exclude-standard')
+        (stdout,_) = __run('git ls-files --modified --others')
         filelist = stdout.splitlines()
         pbar = bb.ui.knotty.BBProgress('Adding changed files', len(filelist))
         pbar.start()
         batchsize = 100
         for i in range(0, len(filelist), batchsize):
             batch = filelist[i:i+batchsize]
-            __run('git add -A %s' % ' '.join(['"%s"' % item for item in batch]))
+            __run('git add -f -A %s' % ' '.join(['"%s"' % item for item in batch]))
             pbar.update(i)
         pbar.finish()