Help with lintian

[Chris Carr <rantingman@gmail.com>]

Hi all,

I'm puzzled by this warning from lintian:

chrisc@xaphod:/var/cache/pbuilder/result$ lintian -Ivi --pedantic
angband_3.2.0-1_i386.changes 
N: Setting up lab in /tmp/esv0j1oUBP ...
N: Processing 3 packages...
N: ----
N: Processing changes file angband_3.2.0-1_i386 (version 1:3.2.0-1) ...
N: ----
N: Processing source package angband (version 1:3.2.0-1) ...
P: angband source:
direct-changes-in-diff-but-no-patch-system .gitmodules and 7 more
N: 
N:    The Debian diff.gz contains changes to files or creation of
additional
N:    files outside the debian directory. Keeping the changes as
separate
N:    patches under the control of a patch system allows for more fine
grained
N:    control over them. The package will also more easily support
possible
N:    future source package formats if all changes outside the debian
N:    directory are stored as patches.
N:    
N:    If the diff only creates new files that can be copied into place
by the
N:    package build rules, consider putting them in the debian directory
N:    rather than using a patch system.
N:    
N:    Severity: pedantic, Certainty: certain

... is it possible to configure lintian to ignore .git*, like the -i
option to dpkg-buildpackage?

Thanks,

CC