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index 1ef5319f..00000000
--- a/.gitignore
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-*.pyc
-/perl6/lib/.precomp
-/elixir/_build/
-python/.cache
-python/.coverage
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diff --git a/elixir/.gitignore b/elixir/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..69fa449d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/elixir/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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diff --git a/perl6/.gitignore b/perl6/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a5e4c71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/perl6/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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diff --git a/python/.gitignore b/python/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8a0ce6bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+*.pyc
+.cache
+.coverage
+.idea/
+*.iml