diff --git a/bin/release b/bin/release
index dd9dd06..3e86847 100755
--- a/bin/release
+++ b/bin/release
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ require 'erb'
 
 source = File.read('src/BSDSocket.s')
 
-aminet_template = ERB.new(File.read("aminet.readme.erb"))
+aminet_template = ERB.new(File.read('aminet.readme.erb'))
 
 capture_version = false
 version = nil
 
 source.lines.each do |line|
   if capture_version
-    version = line[/dc\.b "([^"]+)"/,1]
+    version = line[/dc\.b "([^"]+)"/, 1]
 
     break
   end
@@ -31,51 +31,58 @@ project_name = 'BSDSocket-Extension'
 
 build_dir = File.join(build_base, project_name)
 FileUtils.rm_rf build_dir
+FileUtils.rm_rf 'aminet'
 FileUtils.mkdir_p build_dir
 FileUtils.mkdir_p 'aminet'
 
 hackerbun_target = File.expand_path("dist/AMOSPro_BSDSocket_#{version}.lha")
 
 [
-  "AMOSPro_BSDSocket.Lib",
-  "README.md",
-  "API.md",
-  "LICENSE",
+  'AMOSPro_BSDSocket.Lib',
+  'README.md',
+  'API.md',
+  'LICENSE'
 ].each do |file|
   target = "#{build_dir}/#{file}"
   FileUtils.mkdir_p File.dirname(target)
   FileUtils.cp file, target
 end
 
-[
-  "src",
-  "examples"
+gitignores = File.readlines('.gitignore').map(&:strip)
+
+%w[
+  src
+  examples
 ].each do |dir|
   FileUtils.cp_r dir, "#{build_dir}/#{dir}"
+
+  Dir["#{build_dir}/#{dir}/**/*"].each do |file|
+    FileUtils.rm file if gitignores.any? { |gi| File.fnmatch(gi, file) }
+  end
 end
 
-Dir["icons/**/*.info"].each do |info|
-  target = info.gsub("icons/", build_base + "/")
+Dir['icons/**/*.info'].each do |info|
+  target = info.gsub('icons/', build_base + '/')
   FileUtils.mkdir_p File.dirname(target)
   FileUtils.cp info, target
 end
 
 Dir.chdir build_base do
   Open3.popen2e(
-    "jlha", "c", hackerbun_target,
-    *(Dir["*"])) do |stdin, stdout_and_stderr, wait_thr|
-
-      Thread.new do
-        stdout_and_stderr.each { |l| puts l }
-      end
-
-      stdin.close
-
-      wait_thr.value
+    'jlha', 'c', hackerbun_target,
+    *(Dir['*'])
+  ) do |stdin, stdout_and_stderr, wait_thr|
+    Thread.new do
+      stdout_and_stderr.each { |l| puts l }
     end
+
+    stdin.close
+
+    wait_thr.value
+  end
 end
 
-FileUtils.cp hackerbun_target, "aminet/BSDSocket-Extension.lha"
-File.open("aminet/BSDSocket-Extension.readme", "w") do |fh|
+FileUtils.cp hackerbun_target, 'aminet/BSDSocket-Extension.lha'
+File.open('aminet/BSDSocket-Extension.readme', 'w') do |fh|
   fh.puts aminet_template.result(binding)
 end