diff --git a/compiler/build/tmp/test/readme.txt b/compiler/build/tmp/test/readme.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b64b44e52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/build/tmp/test/readme.txt
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+tmp files for unit tests
diff --git a/compilerAst/build/tmp/test/readme.txt b/compilerAst/build/tmp/test/readme.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe0dcd070
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compilerAst/build/tmp/test/readme.txt
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+tmp outputs for the unit tests