diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 0465ac2..77f82ba 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,22 @@
 language: c
 
-install:
+before_install:
+    # update package list
     - sudo apt-get update -qq
+    # installneeded packages for uscan
     - sudo apt-get install -qq --no-install-recommends devscripts libwww-perl
+    # download original tarball
     - uscan --force-download
+    # remove packages needed for uscan
     - sudo apt-get purge -qq libwww-perl
     - sudo apt-get autoremove -qq
+
+install:
+    # install build dependencies
     - sudo apt-get install -qq --no-install-recommends debhelper autotools-dev libconfig-inifiles-perl perl-modules
 
 script:
+    # build the debian package
     - debuild -uc -us
 
 #notifications:
diff --git a/debian/source/options b/debian/source/options
index a729099..b5bc9e7 100644
--- a/debian/source/options
+++ b/debian/source/options
@@ -1 +1 @@
-extend-diff-ignore = '^\.travis'
+extend-diff-ignore = '(^|/)(\.travis\.yml|\.git|\.gitgnore|config\.sub|config\.guess)'