diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.cvsignore
deleted file mode 100644
index c3a8483..0000000
--- a/.cvsignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-*.bz2
-*.gz
-*.rpm
-ruby-1.8.1.tar.gz
-ruby-man-1.4.6.tar.bz2
-ruby-refm-rdp-1.8.1-ja-html.tar.gz
-rubyfaq-990927.tar.bz2
-rubyfaq-jp-990927.tar.bz2
-ruby-1.8.2.tar.gz
-ruby-1.8.3.tar.gz
-ruby-1.8.4-preview1.tar.gz
-ruby-1.8.4-preview2.tar.gz
-ruby-1.8.4.tar.gz
-ruby-1.8.5.tar.gz
-ruby-1.8.5-p2.tar.gz
-ruby-1.8.5-p12.tar.gz
-ruby-1.8.6.tar.bz2
-ruby-1.8.6-p36.tar.bz2
-ruby-1.8.6-p110.tar.bz2
-ruby-1.8.6-p111.tar.bz2
-ruby-1.8.6-p114.tar.bz2
-ruby-1.8.6-p230.tar.bz2
-ruby-1.8.6-p287.tar.bz2
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c3a8483
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+*.bz2
+*.gz
+*.rpm
+ruby-1.8.1.tar.gz
+ruby-man-1.4.6.tar.bz2
+ruby-refm-rdp-1.8.1-ja-html.tar.gz
+rubyfaq-990927.tar.bz2
+rubyfaq-jp-990927.tar.bz2
+ruby-1.8.2.tar.gz
+ruby-1.8.3.tar.gz
+ruby-1.8.4-preview1.tar.gz
+ruby-1.8.4-preview2.tar.gz
+ruby-1.8.4.tar.gz
+ruby-1.8.5.tar.gz
+ruby-1.8.5-p2.tar.gz
+ruby-1.8.5-p12.tar.gz
+ruby-1.8.6.tar.bz2
+ruby-1.8.6-p36.tar.bz2
+ruby-1.8.6-p110.tar.bz2
+ruby-1.8.6-p111.tar.bz2
+ruby-1.8.6-p114.tar.bz2
+ruby-1.8.6-p230.tar.bz2
+ruby-1.8.6-p287.tar.bz2
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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index 9141959..0000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# Makefile for source rpm: ruby
-# $Id: Makefile,v 1.2 2007/10/15 19:21:20 notting Exp $
-NAME := ruby
-SPECFILE = $(firstword $(wildcard *.spec))
-
-define find-makefile-common
-for d in common ../common ../../common ; do if [ -f $$d/Makefile.common ] ; then if [ -f $$d/CVS/Root -a -w $$d/Makefile.common ] ; then cd $$d ; cvs -Q update ; fi ; echo "$$d/Makefile.common" ; break ; fi ; done
-endef
-
-MAKEFILE_COMMON := $(shell $(find-makefile-common))
-
-ifeq ($(MAKEFILE_COMMON),)
-# attempt a checkout
-define checkout-makefile-common
-test -f CVS/Root && { cvs -Q -d $$(cat CVS/Root) checkout common && echo "common/Makefile.common" ; } || { echo "ERROR: I can't figure out how to checkout the 'common' module." ; exit -1 ; } >&2
-endef
-
-MAKEFILE_COMMON := $(shell $(checkout-makefile-common))
-endif
-
-include $(MAKEFILE_COMMON)
diff --git a/branch b/branch
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index e9e7ccd..0000000
--- a/branch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-F-8