diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 57a0b01b29618ace350ba83fa0b70724a4cba42b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-/Makefile
-/.cproject
-/.project
-/.settings/
-/InstallArea/
-/build.*/
-/.pydevproject
diff --git a/Geant4/G4FR/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4FR/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 5aa9fd5c4936e9efc21a60b0fbcb82436c45073e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4FR/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/FukuiRenderer/
-/G4FR/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4FR/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4FR/doc/release.notes
index 29dcb0f5a8cde611cbb31ac4ef7b6dd42d71799f..f48cbe73a1780d27dea1724e486052a024af0125 100755
--- a/Geant4/G4FR/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4FR/doc/release.notes
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 ! Purpose     : Build of Fukui Renderer
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !========================== G4FR v4r4 2011-04-12 =============================
 ! 2011-04-12 - Gloria Corti
  - Introduce use of pattern to switch off building this package on winxp
@@ -17,7 +14,7 @@
 
 !========================== G4FR v4r2 2008-09-30 =============================
 ! 2008-09-30 - Gloria CORTI
- - requirements - Take DAWN and DAVID from the $LCG_external area (latest
+ - requirements - Take DAWN and DAVID from the $LCG_external area (latest 
    versions) rather then obsolete $SITEROOT/sw/contrib
 
 !========================== G4FR v4r1 2004-08-10 ========================
diff --git a/Geant4/G4GDML/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4GDML/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 1662571d29d95f9509dc9ee00ca5a9b79c3f8309..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4GDML/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-/G4GDML/
-/schema/
-/src/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4GDML/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4GDML/doc/release.notes
index 8afec491c527cad472e580ddac547ed5a000eb53..9818b0c0b5ad989f495a272bde2017052be02aee 100644
--- a/Geant4/G4GDML/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4GDML/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Package     : Geant4/G4GDML
-! Responsible :
+! Responsible :  
 ! Purpose     : Package holding the GDML code
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 ! ======================= G4GDML v2r0 2015-03-06 ========================
 
 ! 2015-03-06 - Nigel Watsoncic
diff --git a/Geant4/G4LHCblists/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4LHCblists/doc/release.notes
index 023b2c237684e62ed4e37b5b9ec3459ee0243b5c..9eea2a83135d2e99c5bc9998b38890427da16298 100755
--- a/Geant4/G4LHCblists/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4LHCblists/doc/release.notes
@@ -4,18 +4,15 @@
 ! Purpose     : Private LHCb physics lists
 !----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !======================== G4LHCblists v3r2 2015-04-30 ========================
 ! 2015-04-30 - Timothy Williams
-        - Replaced G4EmStandardPhysics_option1NoApplyCuts.cc and .hh with v9.6.p04
-of G4EmStandardPhysics_option1.cc and .hh but with the EmProcessOption of "SetApplyCuts"
-removed.  Previous version was v9.4 of G4EmStandardPhysics_option1.cc with "SetApplyCuts" removed.
+        - Replaced G4EmStandardPhysics_option1NoApplyCuts.cc and .hh with v9.6.p04 
+of G4EmStandardPhysics_option1.cc and .hh but with the EmProcessOption of "SetApplyCuts" 
+removed.  Previous version was v9.4 of G4EmStandardPhysics_option1.cc with "SetApplyCuts" removed. 
 
 !======================== G4LHCblists v3r1 2015-03-07 ========================
 ! 2015-03-07 - Timothy Williams
-	- Modified G4EmStandardPhysics_option1NoApplyCuts.cc to use UrbanMsc93 and
+	- Modified G4EmStandardPhysics_option1NoApplyCuts.cc to use UrbanMsc93 and 
 	WentzelVI models for multiple scattering as suggested by V.Ivanchenko.
 
 !======================== G4LHCblists v3r0 2013-09-16 ========================
@@ -25,7 +22,7 @@ removed.  Previous version was v9.4 of G4EmStandardPhysics_option1.cc with "SetA
 
 !======================== G4LHCblists v2r2 2011-10-03 ========================
 ! 2011-10-03 - Gloria Corti
- - Add new list with suggestion from Matt Reid for improvement of Multiple
+ - Add new list with suggestion from Matt Reid for improvement of Multiple 
    scattering. It has the same options as the LHCb list.
    . G4EmStandardPhysics_LHCbTest.{hh,cc}
 
@@ -38,7 +35,7 @@ removed.  Previous version was v9.4 of G4EmStandardPhysics_option1.cc with "SetA
 
 !======================== G4LHCblists v2r0 2011-07-13 ========================
 ! 2011-07-13 - Gloria Corti
- - Fix renaming in G4EmStandardPhysics_option1NoApplyCuts.cc
+ - Fix renaming in G4EmStandardPhysics_option1NoApplyCuts.cc 
 
 ! 2011-07-12 - Gloria Corti
  - Remove old physics list, that are obsolete.
@@ -54,4 +51,4 @@ removed.  Previous version was v9.4 of G4EmStandardPhysics_option1.cc with "SetA
  - New package to hold private LHCb physics lists. It has the QGSP_BERT_HP
    list provided by H-P Wellish for low energy neutron studies
 
-!=============================================================================
+!=============================================================================
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Geant4/G4OpenGL/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4OpenGL/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 21874ad1592b1499b2b37db301321d906e60a9ce..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4OpenGL/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/G4OpenGL/
-/OpenGL/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4OpenGL/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4OpenGL/doc/release.notes
index 3b7b42a9635434cb25a6088012b4afd2e765ad1b..9c1c79f4914dc42cf2f4201d800c2672f6a4060d 100755
--- a/Geant4/G4OpenGL/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4OpenGL/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Package     : Geant4/G4OpenGL
 ! Responsible : Gloria CORTI
-! Purpose     :
+! Purpose     : 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !======================== G4OpenGL v4r4 2011-06-17 ===========================
 ! 2011-06-17 - Gloria Corti
  - Use new G4external package needed for resolving class G4OpenGL2PSAction at
diff --git a/Geant4/G4RayTracer/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4RayTracer/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index d724bb961e0fe6e9dd5a0079344282ade2f3161a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4RayTracer/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/G4RayTracer/
-/RayTracer/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4RayTracer/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4RayTracer/doc/release.notes
index 332b9735fbcc9ea90b83ad7823a9643fabbc383c..8ad116a0cbdb445019c10c6c219dcf3c703488e8 100755
--- a/Geant4/G4RayTracer/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4RayTracer/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Package     : Geant4/G4RayTracer
 ! Responsible : Gloria CORTI, Silvia MIGLIORANZI
-! Purpose     :
+! Purpose     : 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !======================== G4RayTRacer v5r1 2011-07-14 ========================
 ! 2011-03-02 - Hubert Degaudenzi
  - Added ignore properties in svn
diff --git a/Geant4/G4Tree/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4Tree/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 402227dda30192484ab688bf3e92403a94920d40..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4Tree/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/G4Tree/
-/Tree/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4Tree/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4Tree/doc/release.notes
index 6c39a6f318b1ef948e291d828b015476026c35b0..f2f47f1c9653cfa2d9af3c3977acc7a3d81e3520 100755
--- a/Geant4/G4Tree/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4Tree/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Package     : Geant4/G4Tree
 ! Responsible : Gloria CORTI, Silvia 	MIGLIORANZI
-! Purpose     :
+! Purpose     : 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !========================== G4Tree v4r1p1 2011-07-14 =========================
 ! 2011-03-02 - Hubert Degaudenzi
  - Added ignore properties in svn
diff --git a/Geant4/G4UIGAG/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4UIGAG/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index aa8510502f00bcf65306d93e84bcdf9bfe15edc1..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4UIGAG/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/G4UIGAG/
-/GAG/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4UIGAG/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4UIGAG/doc/release.notes
index d5f5b2a3fc86b2e433b42fd1d1beb475d30e2a1c..8bc706d884207159de8b317c356b862678ac794b 100755
--- a/Geant4/G4UIGAG/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4UIGAG/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Package     : Geant4/G4UIGAG
 ! Responsible : Gloria CORTI
-! Purpose     :
+! Purpose     : 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !========================== G4UIGAG v4r3 2015-03-02 ==========================
 ! 20154-03-06 - Nigel Watson
  - For release with 9.6 G4
diff --git a/Geant4/G4UIbasic/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4UIbasic/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c9cab1b806e78a7aa88a1ed23619336d5a6c443..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4UIbasic/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/basic/
-/G4UIbasic/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4UIbasic/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4UIbasic/doc/release.notes
index e2d29a6ff8f3984d9c6d333620eef24f6dbf88cd..aac8478dfc96dc33c3ebfc079bd8075f15ee43ac 100755
--- a/Geant4/G4UIbasic/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4UIbasic/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Package     : Geant4/G4UIbasic
 ! Responsible : Gloria CORTI, Silvia MIGLIORANZI
-! Purpose     :
+! Purpose     : 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !========================== G4UIbasic v4r4 2015-03-06 ========================
 ! 2015-03-06 - Nigel Watson
  - tagged for release with G4 9.6
@@ -23,7 +19,7 @@
 
 !========================== G4UIbasic v4r1 2008-06-25 ========================
 ! 2008-06-17 - Gloria CORTI
- - Add use of G4run required to solve undefined reference to
+ - Add use of G4run required to solve undefined reference to 
    `G4RunManager::GetRunManager()' with Geant4 v90r2 (9.0.p02)
 
 !========================== G4UIbasic v4r0 2003-11-03 ========================
diff --git a/Geant4/G4UIcommon/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4UIcommon/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 051bcc29c1e8c632b4da64c48fb2dbf7ea6789e7..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4UIcommon/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/common/
-/G4UIcommon/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4UIcommon/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4UIcommon/doc/release.notes
index 517f1db376af0815186c1cabbe53677fc9424df8..6b941d7237a2e2d76046ffc46d9aa3ead8d4717a 100755
--- a/Geant4/G4UIcommon/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4UIcommon/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Package     : Geant4/G4UIcommon
 ! Responsible : Gloria CORTI
-! Purpose     :
+! Purpose     : 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !======================== G4UIcommon v5r3 2011-04-12 =========================
 ! 2011-04-12 - Gloria Corti
  - Introduce use of pattern to switch off building this package on MacOS
@@ -17,12 +14,12 @@
 
 !======================== G4UIcommon v5r1 2007-07-04 =========================
 ! 2007-07-04 - Gloria Corti
- - requirements - redefine X_linkopts for amd64
+ - requirements - redefine X_linkopts for amd64 
 
 !=========================== G4UIcommon v5r0 =================================
 ! 2004-07-07 - Florence RANJARD
- - requirements - on WIN32 append "gdi32.lib user32.lib" to
-                  G4UIcommon_shlibflags
+ - requirements - on WIN32 append "gdi32.lib user32.lib" to 
+                  G4UIcommon_shlibflags 
 
 !========================== G4UIcommon v4r0 2003-11-03 ========================
 ! 2003-11-03 - Florence RANJARD
diff --git a/Geant4/G4VRML/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4VRML/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 930fe416e212430c0f980b8f6a8c39b37087ab75..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4VRML/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/G4VRML/
-/VRML/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4VRML/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4VRML/doc/release.notes
index 949ca01cdc4382e69263126dc41fe689b1485ffa..62b3889d756881171cc5ecba9a596524d9369017 100755
--- a/Geant4/G4VRML/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4VRML/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Package     : Geant4/G4VRML
 ! Responsible : Gloria CORTI
-! Purpose     :
+! Purpose     : 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !============================ G4VRML v4r2 2011-04-12 =========================
 ! 2011-04-12 - Gloria Corti
  - Introduce use of pattern to switch off building this package on winxp
diff --git a/Geant4/G4analysis/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4analysis/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 23bf069377b181daf2899395e7d08cbf4d5e572f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4analysis/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/G4analysis/
-/src/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4analysis/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4analysis/doc/release.notes
index ba4debffd784bd5715ff27c7da1f649035ecb587..29c064a1590307db471eb9c14c84eb1734c15162 100644
--- a/Geant4/G4analysis/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4analysis/doc/release.notes
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 ! Purpose     : Definition of analysis used in G4examples
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !===================== Geant4/G4analysis v1r0 2014-07-25 =====================
 
 ! 2014-03-06 - James Mccarthy
diff --git a/Geant4/G4digits_hits/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4digits_hits/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index b13d84cf3a976280241de095c96c391eda825f1c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4digits_hits/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-/detector/
-/digits/
-/G4digits_hits/
-/hits/
-/scorer/
-/utils/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4digits_hits/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4digits_hits/doc/release.notes
index cf778e17081c5a270250c473762dd8ab0ce8b5fe..48d8099421723bfc28ff850d996d5f0d517dd26e 100755
--- a/Geant4/G4digits_hits/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4digits_hits/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Package     : Geant4/G4digits_hits
 ! Responsible : Gloria CORTI, Silvia MIGLIORANZI
-! Purpose     :
+! Purpose     : 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !====================== G4digits_hits v7r1p1 2011-07-14 ======================
 ! 2011-03-02 - Hubert Degaudenzi
  - Added ignore properties in svn
diff --git a/Geant4/G4event/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4event/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d0f71dfef038fdb258d2de09f3831d7b3917945..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4event/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/G4event/
-/src/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4event/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4event/doc/release.notes
index 974cdf594c8c86cfb703bce1c0b34ff88de295aa..cdb51e274fe3dad05ce6d19bf84ecf6edadec6ae 100755
--- a/Geant4/G4event/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4event/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Package     : Geant4/G4event
 ! Responsible : Florence RANJARD
-! Purpose     :
+! Purpose     : 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !========================= G4event v6r0p1 2011-06-29 =========================
 ! 2011-06-29 - Hubert DEGAUDENZI
  - Added ignore properties in svn
diff --git a/Geant4/G4externals/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4externals/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 51d2ea90672e354976171a6fc2e7d15b5109280e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4externals/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/G4externals/
-/externals/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4externals/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4externals/doc/release.notes
index 40a641bbeeea65be42e12575c627f0b50a01cd6f..0d58b4329190db6607a43bfc28d5bd9221c98b45 100644
--- a/Geant4/G4externals/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4externals/doc/release.notes
@@ -4,14 +4,11 @@
 ! Purpose     : Hold external library for visualization of Geant4
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !========================= G4external v1r0 2011-06-15 ========================
 
 ! 2011-06-15 - Gloria Corti
  - Introduce compilation option -DG4VIS_BUILD_OPENGL_DRIVER needed to resolve
-   class definition. Also linking statemnts to pick up opengl library from
+   class definition. Also linking statemnts to pick up opengl library from 
    Mesa distribution in LCG external area.
 
 ! 2011-06-09 - Gloria Corti
diff --git a/Geant4/G4geometry/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4geometry/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 6cf81069b5b294648109cfc9cf9519a1ab268c16..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4geometry/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-/biasing/
-/divisions/
-/G4geometry/
-/magneticfield/
-/management/
-/navigation/
-/solids/
-/volumes/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4geometry/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4geometry/doc/release.notes
index 274268f18e6e9d1a000149464e63ecae280e9218..de2bbfb06226d4da7dc264bd762002c1ba6dca53 100755
--- a/Geant4/G4geometry/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4geometry/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Package     : Geant4/G4geometry
 ! Responsible : Gloria CORTI, Silvia MIGLIORANZI
-! Purpose     :
+! Purpose     : 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !======================= G4geometry v6r2p1 2011-07-14 ========================
 ! 2011-07-14 - Hubert DEGAUDENZI
  - Added ignore properties in svn
diff --git a/Geant4/G4global/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4global/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 61d494f441d39f69a61e0c2de30e05a7eae5eaff..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4global/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-/G4global/
-/HEPNumerics/
-/management/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4global/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4global/doc/release.notes
index ccb01e8b693cfb88fe0886551f5bccdd55fc8ce9..a9c7dbd0a235d0a2a73a0b2a2298f23e2d9e0de5 100644
--- a/Geant4/G4global/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4global/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Package     : Geant4/G4global
 ! Responsible : Gloria CORTI
-! Purpose     :
+! Purpose     : 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !========================= G4global v5r1p1 2011-07-14 =========================
 ! 2011-03-02 - Hubert Degaudenzi
  - Added ignore properties in svn
diff --git a/Geant4/G4graphics_reps/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4graphics_reps/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index f104db483a463ab5176edc423b3da60a410dc969..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4graphics_reps/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/G4graphics_reps/
-/src/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4graphics_reps/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4graphics_reps/doc/release.notes
index c220a618dabf0d6fe3d5c7a6e6839d229400c9aa..ef5e88a69d1ff20cdb0730305915ceadca726108 100755
--- a/Geant4/G4graphics_reps/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4graphics_reps/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Package     : Geant4/G4graphics_reps
 ! Responsible : Gloria CORTI, Silvia MIGLIORANZI
-! Purpose     :
+! Purpose     : 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !=================== G4graphics_reps v4r1p1 2011-07-14 =======================
 ! 2011-03-02 - Hubert Degaudenzi
  - Added ignore properties in svn
diff --git a/Geant4/G4intercoms/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4intercoms/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 59d5f3cb9d564b726913ae51a6fd19b60329ff4d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4intercoms/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/G4intercoms/
-/src/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4intercoms/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4intercoms/doc/release.notes
index b6abf071628c90dd41435cae3aab6433b744bf9f..ccacb17799bbd35f60bbcfd55ef403cd3183c8ec 100755
--- a/Geant4/G4intercoms/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4intercoms/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Package     : Geant4/G4intercoms
 ! Responsible : Gloria CORTI, Silvia MIGLIORANZI
-! Purpose     :
+! Purpose     : 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !======================= G4intercoms v4r1p1 2011-06-29 =======================
 ! 2011-03-02 - Hubert Degaudenzi
  - Add ignore properties in svn
diff --git a/Geant4/G4materials/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4materials/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index a925a844ce1a954fb989dd466268fe132dc3681e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4materials/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/G4materials/
-/src/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4materials/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4materials/doc/release.notes
index dd50acc4c22ba08aae0905f30673c8a506c31cff..e707eb86c536bf0b7d667f4144d370ea06ba8bbc 100755
--- a/Geant4/G4materials/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4materials/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Package     : Geant4/G4materials
 ! Responsible : Florence RANJARD
-! Purpose     :
+! Purpose     : 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !======================= G4materials v5r0p1 2011-07-14 =======================
 ! 2011-03-02 - Hubert Degaudenzi
  - Added ignore properties in svn
diff --git a/Geant4/G4modeling/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4modeling/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index e9e8975b0ae8464f2a3b748bedd863f1f8257b69..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4modeling/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/G4modeling/
-/modeling/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4modeling/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4modeling/doc/release.notes
index 9ca302cf1473f6d4f0067b520c3e208808e22070..34d69405119e0a00d59a75df75fe51c56e3f7d32 100755
--- a/Geant4/G4modeling/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4modeling/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Package     : Geant4/G4modeling
 ! Responsible : Gloria CORTI, Silvia MIGLIORANZI
-! Purpose     :
+! Purpose     : 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !======================== G4modeling v4r1p1 2011-07-14 =======================
 ! 2011-03-02 - Hubert Degaudenzi
  - Added ignore properties in svn
diff --git a/Geant4/G4parmodels/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4parmodels/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index adee69a33a8fb884dc1059728a78f53833b66d8e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4parmodels/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/G4parmodels/
-/gflash/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4parmodels/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4parmodels/doc/release.notes
index 6a468bbe688d6913e9e8d9f3c4aef2efb61f9e8a..fae48cadd8e422e8bb64970e072a8cb22b273441 100755
--- a/Geant4/G4parmodels/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4parmodels/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Package     : Geant4/G4parmodels
 ! Responsible : Gloria CORTI, Silvia MIGLIORANZI
-! Purpose     :
+! Purpose     : 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !======================= G4parmodels v6r2p1 2011-07-14 =======================
 ! 2011-03-02 - Hubert Degaudenzi
  - Added ignore properties in svn
diff --git a/Geant4/G4particles/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4particles/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index f3218bb72290a5f5d053552d413e4c8248f514c5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4particles/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-/adjoint/
-/bosons/
-/G4particles/
-/hadrons/
-/leptons/
-/management/
-/shortlived/
-/utils/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4particles/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4particles/doc/release.notes
index 6b76cde826f770c2f59db7a04644dac9667b4e3f..ea1a84b032c6086e1312620f0d9209a6de68734b 100755
--- a/Geant4/G4particles/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4particles/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Package     : Geant4/G4particles
 ! Responsible : Gloria CORTI, Silvia MIGLIORANZI
-! Purpose     :
+! Purpose     : 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !======================= G4particles v6r2p1 2011-06-29 =======================
 ! 2011-03-02 - Hubert DeGaudenzi
  - Add ignore properties in svn
diff --git a/Geant4/G4physics_lists/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4physics_lists/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index fad6a6898e927769fc534137218613ef7aaf6e1c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4physics_lists/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-/builders/
-/G4physics_lists/
-/LHCb/
-/lists/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4physics_lists/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4physics_lists/doc/release.notes
index 423cc7124ccf8ee7939692fdf72f054ebc7794fe..cfcb2127e364c70cc294aa2c001a208546c0928f 100755
--- a/Geant4/G4physics_lists/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4physics_lists/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Package     : Geant4/G4physics_lists
 ! Responsible : Gloria CORTI, Silvia MIGLIORANZI
-! Purpose     :
+! Purpose     : 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !===================== G4physics_lists v1r4 2015-04-23 =====================
 ! 2015-04-23 - Nigel Watson/Tim Williams
  - Introduce srcnew copying a la G4processes to allow updated version of HadronPhysicsFTFP_BERT.cc
diff --git a/Geant4/G4processes/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4processes/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 416c07e42a5f1ea0bde305fd4143116fa4c22718..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4processes/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-/biasing/
-/cuts/
-/decay/
-/electromagnetic/
-/G4processes/
-/hadronic/
-/management/
-/optical/
-/parameterisation/
-/scoring/
-/transportation/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4processes/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4processes/doc/release.notes
index 42e1353e5ab6eab70c6db936f0e9e5ad38545f60..e901db7106fb0be347711e8836aae84a1c221057 100755
--- a/Geant4/G4processes/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4processes/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Package     : Geant4/G4processes
 ! Responsible : Gloria CORTI, Nigel Watson
-! Purpose     :
+! Purpose     : 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 ! ======================= G4processes v9r2 2015-07-24 ========================
 ! 2015-07-23 Tim Williams
  - Created patch of G4CollisionInitialState.cc to enable building with GCC4.9
-   compiler, located in srcnew/models directory.
-   Updated copyPatchedsource.py to copy patched G4CollisionInitialState.cc
+   compiler, located in srcnew/models directory. 
+   Updated copyPatchedsource.py to copy patched G4CollisionInitialState.cc 
    into place.
 
 ! ======================= G4processes v9r1 2015-04-24 ========================
@@ -62,7 +59,7 @@
 
 ! 2012-06-18 - James Mccarthy
  - Removed  path for dna model. Not compatible with our version of CLHEP
- and not useful anyway. Can be included at a later date.
+ and not useful anyway. Can be included at a later date.  
 
 ! 2012-06-17 - James Mccarthy
  - Added new path for LEND model, dna and INCL++ library in g4 v9.5.p01
@@ -109,7 +106,7 @@
    (see details in geant4 9.1 release notes
    http://geant4.web.cern.ch/geant4/support/ReleaseNotes4.9.1.html)
    . hadronic/models/incl, Liege cascade INCL model, including ABLA evaporation
-                           and fission
+                           and fission 
    . hadronic/models/qmd, QMD reaction model based on JQMD
    . hadronic/models/rpg,  Re-Parametrized Gheisha-style model
 
@@ -124,7 +121,7 @@
  - Remove code G4CascadeInterface.cc from srcnew since no longer used beacuase
    fix was introduced in Geant4 itself
  - Add in library some more source subdirectories even if not used in our
-   physics lists:
+   physics lists: 
    . scoring (new in 8.2)
    . electromagnetic/highenergy (new 7.0)
    . electromagnetic/polarization (new in 8.2)
@@ -150,7 +147,7 @@
 !======================= G4processes v4r1 =================================
 ! 2005-11-07 - Gloria CORTI
  - introduce path to G4CascadeInterface to prevent crash when using it
-   with problematic materials with fractional Z. Will remove it when
+   with problematic materials with fractional Z. Will remove it when 
    materials will be described without it.
 
 !======================= G4processes v4r0 =================================
diff --git a/Geant4/G4readout/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4readout/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index c6d30b02f9ad0226e4a10e840f88313c9ae1c00a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4readout/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/G4readout/
-/src/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4readout/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4readout/doc/release.notes
index 257901bb6d461a3a35c6588a7e120ce287e12f12..92e5ee83010bebc2431adda86996d0c13233fe53 100755
--- a/Geant4/G4readout/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4readout/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Package     : Geant4/G4readout
 ! Responsible : Gloria CORTI, Silvia MIGLIORANZI
-! Purpose     :
+! Purpose     : 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !====================== G4readout v4r1p1 2011-07-14 ==========================
 ! 2011-03-02 - Hubert Degaudenzi
  - Added ignore properties in svn
diff --git a/Geant4/G4run/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4run/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 2dc546a4fa0b04b00aa24341ce8f3acec3881515..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4run/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/G4run/
-/src/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4run/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4run/doc/release.notes
index 76c53ec2390fc80ee16462a48b8c3433089185dc..6063c409ab67be540157c1a4935c7584750122ee 100755
--- a/Geant4/G4run/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4run/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Package     : Geant4/G4run
 ! Responsible : Gloria CORTI, Silvia MIGLIORANZI
-! Purpose     :
+! Purpose     : 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
-!========================== G4run v5r1p1 2011-07-14 ==========================
+!========================== G4run v5r1p1 2011-07-14 ========================== 
 ! 2011-03-02 - Hubert Degaudenzi
  - Added ignore properties in svn
 
diff --git a/Geant4/G4track/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4track/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 04bd58178e10e252c34aec27901a6cd99739e9e8..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4track/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/G4track/
-/src/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4track/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4track/doc/release.notes
index 95b004f196fa1a91c2bdd2992bf0403262af107a..d1a2e6a8c19864fd7d2d03dcce6f5838c4a485a9 100755
--- a/Geant4/G4track/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4track/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Package     : Geant4/G4track
 ! Responsible : Gloria CORTI, Silvia MIGLIORANZI
-! Purpose     :
+! Purpose     : 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !========================= G4track v5r1p1 2011-07-14 =========================
 ! 2011-07-14 - Hubert DEGAUDENZI
  - Added ignore properties in svn
diff --git a/Geant4/G4tracking/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4tracking/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e354f7905e6c8d83cd0d4dfbcf161ac2c2a698f..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4tracking/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/G4tracking/
-/src/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4tracking/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4tracking/doc/release.notes
index 03a523a3c75ea2abd15317b19006fc9c884c8bea..a32e6bb1375ee4e17d486e3031c4d74919fb7402 100755
--- a/Geant4/G4tracking/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4tracking/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Package     : Geant4/G4tracking
 ! Responsible : Gloria CORTI, Silvia MIGLIORANZI
-! Purpose     :
+! Purpose     : 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !======================= G4tracking v6r1p1 2011-07-14 ========================
 ! 2011-03-02 - Hubert Degaudenzi
  - Added ignore properties in svn
@@ -21,7 +18,7 @@
 !=========================== G4tracking v6r0 ==============================
 ! 2004-10-26 - Florence RANJARD
  -requirements - uses G4processes instead of G4progen, G4electromagnetic and
-                 G4hadronic
+                 G4hadronic         
 
 !=========================== G4tracking v5r0 ==============================
 ! 2004-07-07 - Florence RANJARD
diff --git a/Geant4/G4useVisUI/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4useVisUI/doc/release.notes
index d4ebc64cee145086b3d289f0b53e5438cc75791b..8ccb7eb5445e21c30c751bff4af77fbe0362de57 100644
--- a/Geant4/G4useVisUI/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4useVisUI/doc/release.notes
@@ -4,12 +4,9 @@
 ! Purpose     : Put togheter visualization package for use
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !======================== G4useVisUI v3r1 2011-04-12 =========================
 ! 2011-04-12 - Gloria Corti
  - Remove conditional use of packages as they are handled by pattern in
    packages themselves.
 
-!=============================================================================
+!=============================================================================
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Geant4/G4vis_management/.gitignore b/Geant4/G4vis_management/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 6a6e12ca391914bbe1c16d3250f7b8f145437dd0..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/Geant4/G4vis_management/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-/G4vis_management/
-/management/
diff --git a/Geant4/G4vis_management/doc/release.notes b/Geant4/G4vis_management/doc/release.notes
index 93a883090b25bd4d8acc5807d5cdc62f01865ed6..91abdff878e62552a8c4549700e7c12e1eb28a09 100755
--- a/Geant4/G4vis_management/doc/release.notes
+++ b/Geant4/G4vis_management/doc/release.notes
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ! Package     : Geant4/G4vis_management
 ! Responsible : Gloria CORTI, Silvia MIGLIORANZI
-! Purpose     :
+! Purpose     : 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-! 2015-11-02 - Marco Clemencic
- - Added .gitignore file
-
 !================== G4vis_management v4r2p1 2011-07-14 =======================
 ! 2011-03-02 - Hubert Degaudenzi
  - Added ignore properties in svn
@@ -17,7 +14,7 @@
 
 !================== G4vis_management v4r1 2004-10-28 =======================
 ! 2004-10-28 - Florence RANJARD
- - requirements - remove setting of pp_cppflags which are set in G4FR and
+ - requirements - remove setting of pp_cppflags which are set in G4FR and 
                   G4VRML
 
 !=================== G4vis_management v4r0 2003-11-03 ========================