diff --git a/scripts/publish.sh b/scripts/publish.sh
index cc21fb3..338b199 100755
--- a/scripts/publish.sh
+++ b/scripts/publish.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,16 @@ publish_npm() {
 
 clean() {
   pkg="$1"
-  exclude_regex="\.\|\./\.git\|\./packages\|\./\|\./packages/$pkg\|\./LICENSE"
-  find . -maxdepth 2 -not -regex "$exclude_regex" -exec rm -rf {} +
+  # TODO: use regex instead
+  find . -maxdepth 2 \
+    ! -path . \
+    ! -path ./.git \
+    ! -path "./.git/*" \
+    ! -path ./.gitignore \
+    ! -path ./packages \
+    ! -path ./LICENSE \
+    ! -path "./packages/$pkg" \
+    -exec rm -rf {} +
 }
 
 publish_forge_pkg() {
@@ -22,7 +30,7 @@ publish_forge_pkg() {
   mv "packages/$pkg"/src .
   mv "packages/$pkg"/README.md .
   rm -fr "packages/$pkg"
-  git commit -am "$version"
+  Git commit -am "$version"
   git push origin "$pkg"
 
   git checkout main