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new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..171a0853caf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
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diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/.gitignore b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..aefee20cbf98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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diff --git a/include/asm-arm/.gitignore b/include/asm-arm/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e02c15d158fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/asm-arm/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+arch
+mach-types.h