-&backup_files($snarf_file_base, $number, $root, ".", ("*.txt", "make*", ".gitignore", "*.yml"));
+&backup_files($snarf_file_base, $number, $root, ".", ("*.txt", "make*", ".gitignore", ".mailmap", "*.yml"));
&backup_hierarchy($snarf_file_base, $number, $root, "octopi");
&backup_hierarchy($snarf_file_base, $number, $root, "scripts");
&backup_hierarchy($snarf_file_base, $number, $root, "hypermedia");
&backup_hierarchy($snarf_file_base, $number, $root, "octopi");
&backup_hierarchy($snarf_file_base, $number, $root, "scripts");
&backup_hierarchy($snarf_file_base, $number, $root, "hypermedia");
&backup_hierarchy($snarf_file_base, $number, $root, "walrus");
# grab the production assets.
&backup_hierarchy($snarf_file_base, $number, $root, "walrus");
# grab the production assets.