diff --git a/.github/scripts/validate-and-lint.sh b/.github/scripts/validate-and-lint.sh
index f3dfc1c91..cfb5d5fd4 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/validate-and-lint.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/validate-and-lint.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ while IFS= read -r -d $'\0' filename; do
   fi
   # Remove temp file
   rm "${filename}.pretty"
-done < <(/usr/bin/find . -type f \( -name "*.xsd" -or -name "*.xml" \) -print0)
+done < <(/usr/bin/find . -type f \( -name "*.xsd" -or -name "*.xml" \) -not -path "./git" -print0)
 
 if [ ${PARSING_ERROR} -ne 0 ]; then
   exit ${PARSING_ERROR}