diff --git a/Documentation/.gitignore b/Documentation/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bcd907b4141f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/.gitignore
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+filesystems/dnotify_test
+laptops/dslm
+timers/hpet_example
+vm/hugepage-mmap
+vm/hugepage-shm
+vm/map_hugetlb
+
diff --git a/arch/x86/.gitignore b/arch/x86/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..028079065af6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/.gitignore
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+boot/compressed/vmlinux
+tools/test_get_len
+