diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+**/*.o
+**/*.gch
+doc
+**/.dirstamp
+**/.deps
+autom4te.cache
+aclocal.m4
+ar-lib
+autoscan.log
+compile
+config.guess
+config.log
+config.status
+config.sub
+configure.scan
+depcomp
+install-sh
+libtool
+ltmain.sh
+Makefile
+stamp-h1
+missing
+Makefile.in
+**/*~
+config.h
+config.h.in