Backport of r61263:
#1725737: ignore other VC directories other than CVS and SVN's too.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 733775f..6af11b1 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 Library
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+- Bug #1725737: In distutil's sdist, exclude RCS, CVS etc. also in the
+  root directory, and also exclude .hg, .git, .bzr, and _darcs.
+
 - Bug #1389051: imaplib causes excessive memory fragmentation when reading
   large messages.