diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 67250472e7f9d898f19da9bb39855b02c326c097..dabfccf17dc902334f648fd0c3543c7f0e3968b1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,8 @@
 pool/
 dists/
 lists/
+db/
+~*
+*~
+*.swp
+*.swo
diff --git a/db/checksums.db b/db/checksums.db
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diff --git a/db/contents.cache.db b/db/contents.cache.db
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diff --git a/db/packages.db b/db/packages.db
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diff --git a/db/references.db b/db/references.db
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diff --git a/db/release.caches.db b/db/release.caches.db
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diff --git a/db/version b/db/version
deleted file mode 100644
index 72732e3266c19feb0ab3bbe6d18dc2412b2f1b5b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/db/version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-4.15.0
-3.3.0
-bdb5.3.28
-bdb5.3.0