diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0138d3efd..0675bc41e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
 npm-debug.log
 node_modules
 
+# js build artifacts
+.git-release.log
+
 # gdb files
 .gdb_history
 
diff --git a/js-old/scripts/push-precompiled.sh b/js-old/scripts/push-precompiled.sh
index 74c0921d2..b209ebdb9 100755
--- a/js-old/scripts/push-precompiled.sh
+++ b/js-old/scripts/push-precompiled.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function setup_git_user {
 
 # change into the build directory
 BASEDIR=`dirname $0`
-GITLOG=./.git/gitcommand.log
+GITLOG=.git-release.log
 pushd $BASEDIR
 cd ../.dist
 
diff --git a/js/scripts/push-cargo.sh b/js/scripts/push-cargo.sh
index 1e0907fe5..3c2c863fb 100755
--- a/js/scripts/push-cargo.sh
+++ b/js/scripts/push-cargo.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function setup_git_user {
 
 # change into the build directory
 BASEDIR=`dirname $0`
-GITLOG=./.git/gitcommand.log
+GITLOG=.git-release.log
 pushd $BASEDIR/..
 
 echo "*** [cargo] Setting up GitHub config for parity"
diff --git a/js/scripts/push-precompiled.sh b/js/scripts/push-precompiled.sh
index 306152eb0..50505d946 100755
--- a/js/scripts/push-precompiled.sh
+++ b/js/scripts/push-precompiled.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function setup_git_user {
 
 # change into the build directory
 BASEDIR=`dirname $0`
-GITLOG=./.git/gitcommand.log
+GITLOG=.git-release.log
 pushd $BASEDIR
 cd ../.dist