diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+Makefile.in
+/autom4te.cache
+/aclocal.m4
+/compile
+/configure
+/depcomp
+/install-sh
+/missing
+/stamp-h1
+/config.guess
+/config.h.in
+/config.sub
+/ltmain.sh