diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9a33574..612f7a4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 .deps
 config
-/AUTHORS
 Makefile
-NEWS
 pipecolors.pc
 tests/test
 Makefile.in
diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29