diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index de3dc1baeb3defc73750069c6ad60cfe7207f459..9695a5d4aaf45a86247af6e3580a8022e8ec90c6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 /TAGS
 /aclocal.m4
 /autom4te.cache
-/autotools/
+/autotools/install-sh
+/autotools/missing
+/autotools/py-compile
 /config.log
 /config.status
 /configure
@@ -23,10 +25,6 @@
 /*.tar.bz2
 /*.tar.gz
 
-# overrides
-!/autotools/ac_python_module.m4
-!/autotoosl/docbook-wrapper
-
 # devel
 /devel/clean-cluster
 /devel/upload
diff --git a/lib/utils.py b/lib/utils.py
index 8a4087a4216b2be1f7426da62dbed87bdf8eea49..40b5ff361c0064fc58036b9595dfebe4dee0172a 100644
--- a/lib/utils.py
+++ b/lib/utils.py
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ def RunCmd(cmd, env=None, output=None, cwd='/'):
 
   return RunResult(exitcode, signal_, out, err, strcmd)
 
+
 def _RunCmdPipe(cmd, env, via_shell, cwd):
   """Run a command and return its output.