diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eb5fab7c..1652c5dc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,6 @@ tests/static/
 *.DS_Store
 *.komodoproject
 /htmlcov
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+
diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index a4929a42..5fb7848d 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ Christoph Heer      https://github.com/jarus
 Federico Capoano    https://github.com/nemesisdesign/
 Shanto              https://github.com/Shanto
 Eric Theise         https://github.com/erictheise
+Asif Saifuddin      https://github.com/auvipy
diff --git a/rest_framework_gis/.gitignore b/rest_framework_gis/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 2b0f609d..00000000
--- a/rest_framework_gis/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-.pyc
\ No newline at end of file