diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index f3d4990..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-*.py[cod]
-
-# C extensions
-*.so
-
-# Packages
-*.egg
-*.egg-info
-dist
-build
-.eggs
-eggs
-parts
-bin
-var
-sdist
-develop-eggs
-.installed.cfg
-lib
-lib64
-
-# Installer logs
-pip-log.txt
-
-# Unit test / coverage reports
-.coverage
-.tox
-nosetests.xml
-.testrepository
-.venv
-
-# Translations
-*.mo
-
-# Mr Developer
-.mr.developer.cfg
-.project
-.pydevproject
-
-# Complexity
-output/*.html
-output/*/index.html
-
-# Sphinx
-doc/build
-releasenotes/build
-
-# pbr generates these
-AUTHORS
-ChangeLog
-
-# Editors
-*~
-.*.swp
-.*sw?
-
-# generated docs
-doc/source/ref/
diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 4adf472..44cd157 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 The contents of this repository are still available in the Git source
 code management system. To see the contents of this repository before it
 reached its end of life, please check out the previous commit with
-"git checkout HEAD^1".
+"git checkout HEAD^2".
 
 For any further questions, please email
 openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.org or join #openstack-telemetry on OFTC.