diff --git a/metadata/layout.conf b/metadata/layout.conf
index 394c67f83..4fd5f4fd9 100644
--- a/metadata/layout.conf
+++ b/metadata/layout.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-repo-name = tastytea
 masters = gentoo
+repo-name = tastytea
+thin-manifests = false
 sign-commits = true
 sign-manifests = true