NOJIRA Eliminate "git status" noise on servers with compressed log files

[app_calcentral@ets-calcentral-qa-01 calcentral]$ git status
# Not currently on any branch.
# Untracked files:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
#
#	log/backstage-DEBUG_2013-05-03.log.gz
#	log/backstage-DEBUG_2013-05-04.log.gz
#	log/backstage-ERROR_2013-05-03.log.gz
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