diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1adf4b7b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+target/
+
+# Local settings folder for Visual Studio Code
+.vscode/
+# Local settings folder for Jetbrains products (RustRover, IntelliJ, CLion)
+.idea/
+# Local settings folder for Visual Studio Professional
+.vs/
+# Local settings folder for the devcontainer extension that most IDEs support.
+.devcontainer/
diff --git a/init/LICENSE b/LICENSE
similarity index 100%
rename from init/LICENSE
rename to LICENSE
diff --git a/init/.gitignore b/init/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index b83d22266a..0000000000
--- a/init/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/target/
diff --git a/logd/.gitignore b/logd/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index eb5a316cbd..0000000000
--- a/logd/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-target
diff --git a/ramfs/.gitignore b/ramfs/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index ea8c4bf7f3..0000000000
--- a/ramfs/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/target
diff --git a/ramfs/LICENSE b/ramfs/LICENSE
deleted file mode 100644
index 23382b1c1d..0000000000
--- a/ramfs/LICENSE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-MIT License
-
-Copyright (c) 2020-2021 4lDO2
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/randd/.gitignore b/randd/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index b83d22266a..0000000000
--- a/randd/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/target/
diff --git a/randd/LICENSE b/randd/LICENSE
deleted file mode 100644
index 5deeece4f4..0000000000
--- a/randd/LICENSE
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-MIT License
-
-Copyright (c) 2017 Redox OS
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/zerod/.gitignore b/zerod/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 0196246bdd..0000000000
--- a/zerod/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-
-/target/
-**/*.rs.bk