diff --git a/samples/python2/.gitignore b/samples/python2/.gitignore
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index 0000000000..e449f6968a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/python2/.gitignore
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+# python binary files
+*.pyc
+__pycache__
+
+# tmp files from examples
+/output
+*.dat
+out.ply
+svm_scores.npz
+unused_api.txt
diff --git a/samples/python2/_tutorials_url.txt b/samples/python2/_tutorials_url.txt
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+OpenCV-Python Tutorials
+http://opencv-python-tutroals.readthedocs.org/en/latest/py_tutorials/py_tutorials.html