diff --git a/Documentation/.cvsignore b/Documentation/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3c7a7c5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Makefile
diff --git a/Examples/.cvsignore b/Examples/.cvsignore
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index 000000000..168f0832f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Examples/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Makefile
+
+stdio-stream.txt textcoding.txt
diff --git a/Examples/.gdbinit b/Examples/.gdbinit
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index 000000000..cb9688567
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Examples/.gdbinit
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+dir ../src
diff --git a/NSCharacterSets/.cvsignore b/NSCharacterSets/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3c7a7c5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NSCharacterSets/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Makefile
diff --git a/Source/.cvsignore b/Source/.cvsignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba549e4f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Makefile
+
+AUTHORS
diff --git a/Testing/.cvsignore b/Testing/.cvsignore
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index 000000000..8bf72d4ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Testing/.cvsignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Makefile
+
+textcoding.txt
diff --git a/Testing/.gdbinit b/Testing/.gdbinit
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index 000000000..28f8572e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Testing/.gdbinit
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+directory . ..