diff --git a/__tests__/__snapshots__/normalize-manifest.js.snap b/__tests__/__snapshots__/normalize-manifest.js.snap
index c5a78707da..24932f8f13 100644
--- a/__tests__/__snapshots__/normalize-manifest.js.snap
+++ b/__tests__/__snapshots__/normalize-manifest.js.snap
@@ -2,138 +2,168 @@
 
 exports[`author object normalize: author object normalize 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`author string: author string 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`authors file to contributors: authors file to contributors 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`bin string: bin string 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "foo: No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`binding.gyp scripts.install: binding.gyp scripts.install 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`bugs string: bugs string 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`bundledDependencies alias: bundledDependencies alias 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`clean version with v: clean version with v 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`clean version: clean version 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`contributors array expand: contributors array expand 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`dedupe all trivial dependencies: dedupe all trivial dependencies 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`dedupe dependencies root: dedupe dependencies root 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
   "\\"dependencies\\" has dependency \\"foobar\\" with range \\"2.0.0\\" that collides with a dependency in \\"devDependencies\\" of the same name with version \\"1.0.0\\"",
 ]
 `;
 
-exports[`dedupe dependencies: dedupe dependencies 1`] = `Array []`;
+exports[`dedupe dependencies: dedupe dependencies 1`] = `
+Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
+]
+`;
 
 exports[`dedupe optionalDependencies root: dedupe optionalDependencies root 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
   "\\"optionalDependencies\\" has dependency \\"foobar\\" with range \\"1.0.0\\" that collides with a dependency in \\"dependencies\\" of the same name with version \\"2.0.0\\"",
 ]
 `;
 
-exports[`dedupe optionalDependencies: dedupe optionalDependencies 1`] = `Array []`;
+exports[`dedupe optionalDependencies: dedupe optionalDependencies 1`] = `
+Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
+]
+`;
 
 exports[`dedupe single trivial dependency: dedupe single trivial dependency 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`empty bin string: empty bin string 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "foo: No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`engines array: engines array 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`explode directories.bin: explode directories.bin 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`explode directories.man: explode directories.man 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`extract description: extract description 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`homepage string: homepage string 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`hosted git repository url: hosted git repository url 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`keywords string: keywords string 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
 ]
 `;
@@ -142,56 +172,69 @@ exports[`license warnings should not be thrown with global commands: license war
 
 exports[`maintainers array expand: maintainers array expand 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`man string: man string 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`name: name 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "foobar: No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`readme: readme 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`repository string: repository string 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`scoped bin string: scoped bin string 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "@scope/foo: No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`server scripts.start: server scripts.start 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
-exports[`valid license: valid license 1`] = `Array []`;
+exports[`valid license: valid license 1`] = `
+Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
+]
+`;
 
 exports[`version: version 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "No license field",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`warn builtin module collision: warn builtin module collision 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "fs: \\"fs\\" is also the name of a node core module",
   "fs: No license field",
 ]
@@ -199,18 +242,21 @@ Array [
 
 exports[`warn empty string invalid license: warn empty string invalid license 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "License should be a valid SPDX license expression",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`warn invalid license: warn invalid license 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "License should be a valid SPDX license expression",
 ]
 `;
 
 exports[`warn typo: warn typo 1`] = `
 Array [
+  "../../../../../package.json: No license field",
   "Potential typo \\"dependancies\\", did you mean \\"dependencies\\"?",
   "No license field",
 ]
diff --git a/__tests__/commands/pack.js b/__tests__/commands/pack.js
index cd825c67b8..6403e6c768 100644
--- a/__tests__/commands/pack.js
+++ b/__tests__/commands/pack.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import * as fs from '../../src/util/fs.js';
 import {run as pack} from '../../src/cli/commands/pack.js';
 import {ConsoleReporter} from '../../src/reporters/index.js';
 import {run as buildRun} from './_helpers.js';
+const rimraf = require('rimraf');
 
 jasmine.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT_INTERVAL = 60000;
 
@@ -44,6 +45,30 @@ export async function getFilesFromArchive(source, destination): Promise<Array<st
   return files;
 }
 
+const mockGlobalGitIgnoreFolder = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'fixtures', 'pack', 'excluded-global-gitignore');
+
+const mockGlobalGitIgnoreFile = path.resolve(mockGlobalGitIgnoreFolder, '.gitignore_global');
+
+jest.mock('../../src/util/git/git-spawn.js', () => ({
+  spawn: jest.fn(async ([command]) => {
+    switch (command) {
+      case 'config':
+        return `${mockGlobalGitIgnoreFile}`;
+    }
+    const res = await Promise.resolve('');
+    return res;
+  }),
+}));
+
+beforeAll(() => {
+  fs2.mkdirSync(mockGlobalGitIgnoreFolder);
+  fs2.writeFileSync(mockGlobalGitIgnoreFile, 'c.js', 'utf-8');
+});
+
+afterAll(() => {
+  rimraf.sync(mockGlobalGitIgnoreFolder);
+});
+
 test.concurrent('pack should work with a minimal example', (): Promise<void> => {
   return runPack([], {}, 'minimal', async (config): Promise<void> => {
     const {cwd} = config;
@@ -147,6 +172,51 @@ test.concurrent('pack should exclude all dotfiles if not in files and files not
   });
 });
 
+test.concurrent('pack should exclude all files in global dotfiles', (): Promise<void> => {
+  return runPack([], {}, 'files-exclude-with-global-dotfile', async (config): Promise<void> => {
+    const {cwd} = config;
+    const files = await getFilesFromArchive(
+      path.join(cwd, 'files-exclude-with-global-dotfile-v1.0.0.tgz'),
+      path.join(cwd, 'files-exclude-with-global-dotfile-v1.0.0'),
+    );
+    expect(files.indexOf('c.js')).toEqual(-1);
+  });
+});
+
+test.concurrent('pack should not exclude non-existant files included in global dotfiles', (): Promise<void> => {
+  return runPack([], {}, 'non-existant-files-in-global-dotfile', async (config): Promise<void> => {
+    const {cwd} = config;
+    const files = await getFilesFromArchive(
+      path.join(cwd, 'non-existant-files-in-global-dotfile-v1.0.0.tgz'),
+      path.join(cwd, 'non-existant-files-in-global-dotfile-v1.0.0'),
+    );
+    expect(files).toEqual([
+      '.yarn-cache',
+      '.yarn-cache/v3',
+      '.yarn-cache/v3/.tmp',
+      '.yarn-global',
+      '.yarn-link',
+      'a.js',
+      'b.js',
+      'd.js',
+      'index.js',
+      'package.json',
+    ]);
+  });
+});
+
+test.concurrent('pack should remove files from both local and global dotfiles', (): Promise<void> => {
+  return runPack([], {}, 'files-exclude-with-local-and-global-dotfile', async (config): Promise<void> => {
+    const {cwd} = config;
+    const files = await getFilesFromArchive(
+      path.join(cwd, 'files-exclude-with-local-and-global-dotfile-v1.0.0.tgz'),
+      path.join(cwd, 'files-exclude-with-local-and-global-dotfile-v1.0.0'),
+    );
+    expect(files.indexOf('a.js')).toEqual(-1);
+    expect(files.indexOf('c.js')).toEqual(-1);
+  });
+});
+
 test.concurrent('pack should exclude all files in dot-directories if not in files and files not empty', (): Promise<
   void,
 > => {
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-global-dotfile/a.js b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-global-dotfile/a.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66a7302f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-global-dotfile/a.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/* @flow */
+console.log('hello world');
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-global-dotfile/b.js b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-global-dotfile/b.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66a7302f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-global-dotfile/b.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/* @flow */
+console.log('hello world');
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-global-dotfile/c.js b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-global-dotfile/c.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66a7302f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-global-dotfile/c.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/* @flow */
+console.log('hello world');
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-global-dotfile/index.js b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-global-dotfile/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66a7302f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-global-dotfile/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/* @flow */
+console.log('hello world');
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-global-dotfile/package.json b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-global-dotfile/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..50e9f8944a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-global-dotfile/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "name": "files-exclude-with-global-dotfile",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "license": "MIT"
+}
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-local-and-global-dotfile/.gitignore b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-local-and-global-dotfile/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..44001cd1bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-local-and-global-dotfile/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+a.js
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-local-and-global-dotfile/b.js b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-local-and-global-dotfile/b.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66a7302f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-local-and-global-dotfile/b.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/* @flow */
+console.log('hello world');
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-local-and-global-dotfile/c.js b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-local-and-global-dotfile/c.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66a7302f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-local-and-global-dotfile/c.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/* @flow */
+console.log('hello world');
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-local-and-global-dotfile/index.js b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-local-and-global-dotfile/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66a7302f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-local-and-global-dotfile/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/* @flow */
+console.log('hello world');
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-local-and-global-dotfile/package.json b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-local-and-global-dotfile/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34c6ab8b72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/files-exclude-with-local-and-global-dotfile/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "name": "files-exclude-with-local-and-global-dotfile",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "license": "MIT"
+}
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/pack/non-existant-files-in-global-dotfile/a.js b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/non-existant-files-in-global-dotfile/a.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66a7302f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/non-existant-files-in-global-dotfile/a.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/* @flow */
+console.log('hello world');
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/pack/non-existant-files-in-global-dotfile/b.js b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/non-existant-files-in-global-dotfile/b.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66a7302f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/non-existant-files-in-global-dotfile/b.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/* @flow */
+console.log('hello world');
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/pack/non-existant-files-in-global-dotfile/d.js b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/non-existant-files-in-global-dotfile/d.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66a7302f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/non-existant-files-in-global-dotfile/d.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/* @flow */
+console.log('hello world');
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/pack/non-existant-files-in-global-dotfile/index.js b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/non-existant-files-in-global-dotfile/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..66a7302f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/non-existant-files-in-global-dotfile/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/* @flow */
+console.log('hello world');
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/pack/non-existant-files-in-global-dotfile/package.json b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/non-existant-files-in-global-dotfile/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce24743cdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/pack/non-existant-files-in-global-dotfile/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "name": "non-existant-files-in-global-dotfile",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "license": "MIT"
+}
diff --git a/__tests__/fixtures/request-cache/GET/gitlab.com/leanlabsio/kanban/raw/f139bd887dea8e48c46fd7fcfe42b5ffc53d79dd/package.json.bin b/__tests__/fixtures/request-cache/GET/gitlab.com/leanlabsio/kanban/raw/f139bd887dea8e48c46fd7fcfe42b5ffc53d79dd/package.json.bin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea13616e8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__tests__/fixtures/request-cache/GET/gitlab.com/leanlabsio/kanban/raw/f139bd887dea8e48c46fd7fcfe42b5ffc53d79dd/package.json.bin
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+Server: nginx
+Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 06:18:39 GMT
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
+Content-Length: 1181
+Cache-Control: max-age=3600, public
+Content-Disposition: inline
+Etag: W/"78309fbf8af4479c47eca65b0c5e3f51"
+X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
+X-Frame-Options: DENY
+X-Request-Id: DGv7xhQoZl1
+X-Runtime: 0.074204
+X-Ua-Compatible: IE=edge
+X-Xss-Protection: 1; mode=block
+Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000
+Content-Security-Policy: object-src 'none'; worker-src https://assets.gitlab-static.net https://gl-canary.global.ssl.fastly.net https://gitlab.com blob:; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval' https://assets.gitlab-static.net https://gl-canary.global.ssl.fastly.net https://www.google.com/recaptcha/ https://www.recaptcha.net/ https://www.gstatic.com/recaptcha/ https://apis.google.com; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' https://assets.gitlab-static.net https://gl-canary.global.ssl.fastly.net; img-src * data: blob:; frame-src 'self' https://www.google.com/recaptcha/ https://www.recaptcha.net/ https://content.googleapis.com https://content-compute.googleapis.com https://content-cloudbilling.googleapis.com https://content-cloudresourcemanager.googleapis.com https://*.codesandbox.io; frame-ancestors 'self'; connect-src 'self' https://assets.gitlab-static.net https://gl-canary.global.ssl.fastly.net wss://gitlab.com https://sentry.gitlab.net https://customers.gitlab.com https://snowplow.trx.gitlab.net
+
+{
+  "name": "kanban",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "repository": "gitlab.com/leanlabsio/kanban",
+  "scripts": {
+      "install": "npm install",
+      "build": "grunt build",
+      "watch": "grunt watch"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "grunt": "~0.4.1",
+    "grunt-cli": "~0.1.13",
+    "grunt-contrib-copy": "^0.5.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-concat": "~0.5.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-watch": "~0.5.3",
+    "grunt-contrib-uglify": "~0.7.0",
+    "grunt-sass": "1.0.0",
+    "grunt-contrib-connect": "~0.8.0",
+    "grunt-connect-proxy": "~0.1.11"
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "angular": "=1.5.6",
+    "angular-lodash": "https://github.com/EMSSConsulting/angular-lodash.git#68a726c",
+    "foundation-sites": "5.5.2",
+    "angular-foundation": "https://github.com/pineconellc/angular-foundation.git#8f3f260",
+    "angular-loading-bar": "=0.5.2",
+    "angular-storage": "=0.0.6",
+    "angular-ui-router": "=0.3.0",
+    "angularjs-datepicker": "=0.2.15",
+    "font-awesome": "=4.6.3",
+    "markdown-it": "=5.0.2",
+    "markdown-it-emoji": "=1.1.0",
+    "ng-sortable": "=1.3.6",
+    "sass-flex-mixin": "=1.0.3",
+    "lodash": "=4.13.1",
+    "twemoji": "=2.1.0",
+    "angular-file-upload": "=2.3.4"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/__tests__/util/filter.js b/__tests__/util/filter.js
index 9c6a749b9a..81c2e38fb3 100644
--- a/__tests__/util/filter.js
+++ b/__tests__/util/filter.js
@@ -38,7 +38,12 @@ test('ignoreLinesToRegex', () => {
     {base: '.', isNegation: false, pattern: 'e#', regex: /^(?:e#)$/i},
     {base: '.', isNegation: false, pattern: 'f # ', regex: /^(?:f #)$/i},
     {base: '.', isNegation: false, pattern: 'g# ', regex: /^(?:g#)$/i},
-    {base: '.', isNegation: false, pattern: 'h # foo', regex: /^(?:h # foo)$/i},
+    {
+      base: '.',
+      isNegation: false,
+      pattern: 'h # foo',
+      regex: /^(?:h # foo)$/i,
+    },
     {base: '.', isNegation: false, pattern: 'i# foo', regex: /^(?:i# foo)$/i},
     {
       base: '.',
@@ -64,22 +69,115 @@ test('ignoreLinesToRegex', () => {
 test('filterOverridenGitignores', () => {
   expect(
     filterOverridenGitignores([
-      {relative: '.gitignore', basename: '.gitignore', absolute: '/home/user/p/.gitignore', mtime: 0},
-      {relative: '.npmignore', basename: '.npmignore', absolute: '/home/user/p/.npmignore', mtime: 0},
-      {relative: 'docs', basename: 'lib', absolute: '/home/user/p/docs', mtime: 0},
-      {relative: 'docs/file.txt', basename: 'file.txt', absolute: '/home/user/p/docs/file.txt', mtime: 0},
-      {relative: 'index.js', basename: 'index.js', absolute: '/home/user/p/index.js', mtime: 0},
-      {relative: 'lib', basename: 'lib', absolute: '/home/user/p/lib', mtime: 0},
-      {relative: 'lib/.gitignore', basename: '.gitignore', absolute: '/home/user/p/lib/.gitignore', mtime: 0},
-      {relative: 'lib/index.js', basename: 'index.js', absolute: '/home/user/p/lib/index.js', mtime: 0},
-      {relative: 'README.md', basename: 'README.md', absolute: '/home/user/p/README.md', mtime: 0},
-      {relative: 'src', basename: 'src', absolute: '/home/user/p/src', mtime: 0},
-      {relative: 'src/.yarnignore', basename: '.yarnignore', absolute: '/home/user/p/src/.yarnignore', mtime: 0},
-      {relative: 'src/app.js', basename: 'app.js', absolute: '/home/user/p/src/app.js', mtime: 0},
+      {
+        relative: '.gitignore',
+        basename: '.gitignore',
+        absolute: '/home/user/p/.gitignore',
+        mtime: 0,
+      },
+      {
+        relative: '.npmignore',
+        basename: '.npmignore',
+        absolute: '/home/user/p/.npmignore',
+        mtime: 0,
+      },
+      {
+        relative: '.gitignore_global',
+        basename: '.gitignore_global',
+        absolute: '/home/user/p/.gitignore_global',
+        mtime: 0,
+      },
+      {
+        relative: 'docs',
+        basename: 'lib',
+        absolute: '/home/user/p/docs',
+        mtime: 0,
+      },
+      {
+        relative: 'docs/file.txt',
+        basename: 'file.txt',
+        absolute: '/home/user/p/docs/file.txt',
+        mtime: 0,
+      },
+      {
+        relative: 'index.js',
+        basename: 'index.js',
+        absolute: '/home/user/p/index.js',
+        mtime: 0,
+      },
+      {
+        relative: 'lib',
+        basename: 'lib',
+        absolute: '/home/user/p/lib',
+        mtime: 0,
+      },
+      {
+        relative: 'lib/.gitignore',
+        basename: '.gitignore',
+        absolute: '/home/user/p/lib/.gitignore',
+        mtime: 0,
+      },
+      {
+        relative: 'lib/index.js',
+        basename: 'index.js',
+        absolute: '/home/user/p/lib/index.js',
+        mtime: 0,
+      },
+      {
+        relative: 'README.md',
+        basename: 'README.md',
+        absolute: '/home/user/p/README.md',
+        mtime: 0,
+      },
+      {
+        relative: 'src',
+        basename: 'src',
+        absolute: '/home/user/p/src',
+        mtime: 0,
+      },
+      {
+        relative: 'src/.yarnignore',
+        basename: '.yarnignore',
+        absolute: '/home/user/p/src/.yarnignore',
+        mtime: 0,
+      },
+      {
+        relative: 'src/app.js',
+        basename: 'app.js',
+        absolute: '/home/user/p/src/app.js',
+        mtime: 0,
+      },
     ]),
   ).toEqual([
-    {relative: '.npmignore', basename: '.npmignore', absolute: '/home/user/p/.npmignore', mtime: 0},
-    {relative: 'lib/.gitignore', basename: '.gitignore', absolute: '/home/user/p/lib/.gitignore', mtime: 0},
-    {relative: 'src/.yarnignore', basename: '.yarnignore', absolute: '/home/user/p/src/.yarnignore', mtime: 0},
+    {
+      absolute: '/home/user/p/.gitignore',
+      basename: '.gitignore',
+      mtime: 0,
+      relative: '.gitignore',
+    },
+    {
+      absolute: '/home/user/p/.npmignore',
+      basename: '.npmignore',
+      mtime: 0,
+      relative: '.npmignore',
+    },
+    {
+      absolute: '/home/user/p/.gitignore_global',
+      basename: '.gitignore_global',
+      mtime: 0,
+      relative: '.gitignore_global',
+    },
+    {
+      absolute: '/home/user/p/lib/.gitignore',
+      basename: '.gitignore',
+      mtime: 0,
+      relative: 'lib/.gitignore',
+    },
+    {
+      absolute: '/home/user/p/src/.yarnignore',
+      basename: '.yarnignore',
+      mtime: 0,
+      relative: 'src/.yarnignore',
+    },
   ]);
 });
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/pack.js b/src/cli/commands/pack.js
index c84e107387..bb6c2713f5 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/pack.js
+++ b/src/cli/commands/pack.js
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import type {IgnoreFilter} from '../../util/filter.js';
 import * as fs from '../../util/fs.js';
 import {sortFilter, ignoreLinesToRegex, filterOverridenGitignores} from '../../util/filter.js';
 import {MessageError} from '../../errors.js';
+import {spawn as spawnGit} from '../../util/git/git-spawn.js';
+import {lstat} from '../../util/fs';
 
 const zlib = require('zlib');
 const path = require('path');
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ const DEFAULT_IGNORE = ignoreLinesToRegex([
   '.yarnrc',
   '.npmignore',
   '.gitignore',
+  '.gitignore_global',
   '.DS_Store',
 ]);
 
@@ -55,7 +58,7 @@ export async function packTarball(
 ): Promise<stream$Duplex> {
   const pkg = await config.readRootManifest();
   const {bundleDependencies, main, files: onlyFiles} = pkg;
-
+  const globalGitIgnoreFile = await spawnGit(['config', '--global', 'core.excludesfile']);
   // include required files
   let filters: Array<IgnoreFilter> = NEVER_IGNORE.slice();
   // include default filters unless `files` is used
@@ -66,6 +69,10 @@ export async function packTarball(
     filters = filters.concat(ignoreLinesToRegex(['!/' + main]));
   }
 
+  if (globalGitIgnoreFile) {
+    filters = filters.concat(ignoreLinesToRegex([globalGitIgnoreFile]));
+  }
+
   // include bundleDependencies
   let bundleDependenciesFiles = [];
   if (bundleDependencies) {
@@ -93,13 +100,25 @@ export async function packTarball(
   }
 
   const files = await fs.walk(config.cwd, null, new Set(FOLDERS_IGNORE));
+
+  if (globalGitIgnoreFile) {
+    const stat = await lstat(globalGitIgnoreFile);
+    const loc = path.resolve(globalGitIgnoreFile);
+    const basename = path.basename(globalGitIgnoreFile);
+    files.push({
+      relative: basename,
+      basename,
+      absolute: loc,
+      mtime: +stat.mtime,
+    });
+  }
+
   const dotIgnoreFiles = filterOverridenGitignores(files);
 
   // create ignores
   for (const file of dotIgnoreFiles) {
     const raw = await fs.readFile(file.absolute);
     const lines = raw.split('\n');
-
     const regexes = ignoreLinesToRegex(lines, path.dirname(file.relative));
     filters = filters.concat(regexes);
   }
diff --git a/src/util/filter.js b/src/util/filter.js
index c9dc03cdf3..9a291670de 100644
--- a/src/util/filter.js
+++ b/src/util/filter.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import type {WalkFiles} from './fs.js';
 import {removeSuffix} from './misc.js';
-
 const mm = require('micromatch');
 const path = require('path');
 
@@ -90,7 +89,6 @@ export function sortFilter(
       parts.pop();
     }
   }
-
   return {ignoreFiles, keepFiles};
 }
 
@@ -152,10 +150,11 @@ export function ignoreLinesToRegex(lines: Array<string>, base: string = '.'): Ar
 }
 
 export function filterOverridenGitignores(files: WalkFiles): WalkFiles {
-  const IGNORE_FILENAMES = ['.yarnignore', '.npmignore', '.gitignore'];
-  const GITIGNORE_NAME = IGNORE_FILENAMES[2];
+  const IGNORE_FILENAMES = ['.yarnignore', '.npmignore', '.gitignore', '.gitignore_global'];
+  const LOCAL_GIT_IGNORE = IGNORE_FILENAMES[2];
+  const GLOBAL_GITIGNORE = IGNORE_FILENAMES[3];
   return files.filter(file => IGNORE_FILENAMES.indexOf(file.basename) > -1).reduce((acc: WalkFiles, file) => {
-    if (file.basename !== GITIGNORE_NAME) {
+    if (file.basename !== LOCAL_GIT_IGNORE || file.basename !== GLOBAL_GITIGNORE) {
       return [...acc, file];
     } else {
       //don't include .gitignore if .npmignore or .yarnignore are present