diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+.DS_Store
+Makefile.in
+aclocal.m4
+ar-lib
+autom4te.cache
+compile
+config.guess
+config.h.in
+config.sub
+configure
+depcomp
+install-sh
+ltmain.sh
+missing