diff --git a/docs/es/overrides/.gitignore b/docs/es/overrides/.gitignore
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diff --git a/docs/fr/overrides/.gitignore b/docs/fr/overrides/.gitignore
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diff --git a/docs/it/overrides/.gitignore b/docs/it/overrides/.gitignore
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diff --git a/docs/ja/overrides/.gitignore b/docs/ja/overrides/.gitignore
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diff --git a/docs/ko/overrides/.gitignore b/docs/ko/overrides/.gitignore
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diff --git a/docs/pt/overrides/.gitignore b/docs/pt/overrides/.gitignore
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diff --git a/docs/ru/overrides/.gitignore b/docs/ru/overrides/.gitignore
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diff --git a/docs/sq/overrides/.gitignore b/docs/sq/overrides/.gitignore
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diff --git a/docs/tr/overrides/.gitignore b/docs/tr/overrides/.gitignore
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diff --git a/docs/uk/overrides/.gitignore b/docs/uk/overrides/.gitignore
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diff --git a/docs/zh/overrides/.gitignore b/docs/zh/overrides/.gitignore
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diff --git a/scripts/docs.py b/scripts/docs.py
index 00b6c8318..b8d162f63 100644
--- a/scripts/docs.py
+++ b/scripts/docs.py
@@ -136,7 +136,12 @@ def build_lang(
     shutil.rmtree(build_lang_path, ignore_errors=True)
     shutil.copytree(lang_path, build_lang_path)
     shutil.copytree(en_docs_path / "data", build_lang_path / "data")
-    shutil.copytree(en_docs_path / "overrides", build_lang_path / "overrides")
+    overrides_src = en_docs_path / "overrides"
+    overrides_dest = build_lang_path / "overrides"
+    for path in overrides_src.iterdir():
+        dest_path = overrides_dest / path.name
+        if not dest_path.exists():
+            shutil.copy(path, dest_path)
     en_config_path: Path = en_lang_path / mkdocs_name
     en_config: dict = mkdocs.utils.yaml_load(en_config_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
     nav = en_config["nav"]