Introduce a named constant for the .git directory.

Not all occurrences of ".git" are replaced by this constant, only
those where it actually refers to the directory with that name, i.e
not the ".git" directory suffix.

Asserts and comment are also excluded from replacement.

Change-Id: I65a9da89aedd53817f2ea3eaab4f9c2bed35d7ee
Signed-off-by: Robin Rosenberg <robin.rosenberg@dewire.com>