rsync error with --cvs-exclude

dotfiles-filter.lst

# rsync list for dotfiles backup

# These rules all work as they should
- /.images/*
- /.adobe/
- /.mozilla/firefox/*/Cache*/*
- /.thumbnails/
- /.gvfs
- /.log/backup/*

# This rule does not work -> .hg and .git dirs in root directory just
# fall through to the next rule
-C

# backup everything else in root dir that starts with a dot
+ /.*
# Ignore every non-dotfile
- /*

rsync output

$ rsync -navv --exclude-from=dotfiles-filter.lst ~/ backup-dir
sending incremental file list
[...]
[sender] showing directory .hg because of pattern /.*
[...]
[sender] showing directory .git because of pattern /.*
[...]