diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 00000000..be3c49ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+Makefile
+config.cache
+config.guess
+config.log
+config.status
+config.sub
+depcomp
+install-sh
+missing
+mkinstalldirs
diff --git a/lib/py/.gitignore b/lib/py/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c6ff92a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/py/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Makefile
+build
diff --git a/src/.gitignore b/src/.gitignore
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index 00000000..2e2917bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.deps
+gen-cpp
+gen-php
+gen-py
+scribed