diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e54b7296835c7a063b5fed9c72834dbb69ec0c39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+/*/node_modules
+/*/.env
+/*/build
+/*/coverage
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/comments-service/package.json b/comments-service/package.json
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..57b6e1954dca70234500de904d7181bb85f72705
--- /dev/null
+++ b/comments-service/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "comments-service",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "description": "",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "keywords": [],
+  "author": "",
+  "license": "ISC"
+}