diff --git a/CA/INTER/.placeholder b/CA/INTER/.placeholder
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diff --git a/CA/reqs/.placeholder b/CA/reqs/.placeholder
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diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 6482bd7ea6..36482be887 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
-include HACKING LICENSE run_tests.sh run_test.py README builddeb.sh exercise_rsapi.py
+include HACKING LICENSE run_tests.py run_tests.sh 
+include README builddeb.sh exercise_rsapi.py
 graft CA
 graft doc
 graft smoketests
 graft tools
+include nova/auth/novarc.template
+include nova/auth/slap.sh
+include nova/cloudpipe/bootscript.sh
+include nova/cloudpipe/client.ovpn.template
+include nova/compute/fakevirtinstance.xml
+include nova/compute/interfaces.template
+include nova/compute/libvirt.xml.template
+include nova/tests/CA/
+include nova/tests/CA/cacert.pem
+include nova/tests/CA/private/
+include nova/tests/CA/private/cakey.pem
+include nova/tests/bundle/
+include nova/tests/bundle/1mb.manifest.xml
+include nova/tests/bundle/1mb.part.0
+include nova/tests/bundle/1mb.part.1
+include 
diff --git a/doc/build/.placeholder b/doc/build/.placeholder
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diff --git a/doc/source/_static/.placeholder b/doc/source/_static/.placeholder
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diff --git a/doc/source/_templates/.placeholder b/doc/source/_templates/.placeholder
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index 0000000000..e69de29bb2