diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 00000000..5b2f737c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*~
+*.mo
+*.py[co]
+build/
+dist/
+MANIFEST
diff --git a/tests/.gitignore b/tests/.gitignore
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+repos/*-bin/
+repos/contrib-2007/
+repos/pardus-2007/
+repos/tmp/
+pisi-index.xml*
+tests/