diff --git a/.cvsignore b/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from .cvsignore
rename to .gitignore
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 86713d9..0000000
--- a/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# Makefile for source rpm: octave
-# $Id$
-NAME := octave
-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 "$$d/Makefile.common" ; break ; fi ; done
-endef
-
-MAKEFILE_COMMON := $(shell $(find-makefile-common))
-
-ifeq ($(MAKEFILE_COMMON),)
-# attept a checkout
-define checkout-makefile-common
-test -f CVS/Root && { cvs -Q -d $$(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/import.log b/import.log
deleted file mode 100644
index bcf7a68..0000000
--- a/import.log
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-octave-3_0_2-2_fc10:HEAD:octave-3.0.2-2.fc10.src.rpm:1224776342
-octave-3_0_5-1_fc11:HEAD:octave-3.0.5-1.fc11.src.rpm:1239552316
-octave-3_2_0-1_fc11:HEAD:octave-3.2.0-1.fc11.src.rpm:1247313567
-octave-3_2_2-1_fc11:HEAD:octave-3.2.2-1.fc11.src.rpm:1249027014
-octave-3_2_2-5_fc12:HEAD:octave-3.2.2-5.fc12.src.rpm:1253686658