diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..9697680
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+*~
+.*.sw?
+autom4te.cache/*
+Makefile.in
+Makefile
+config.h
+config.h.in
+config.log
+config.status
+depcomp
+stamp-h1
+install-sh
+configure
+missing
+po/Makevars.template
+po/stamp-po
+src/.deps/*
+po/POTFILES