diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+/*.bak
+/*.lo
+/*.o
+/*.orig
+/*.rej
+/*.tab.c
+/*~
+/.*.sw[nop]
+/.deps
+/.dirstamp
+/.gitignore
+/.libs
+/GPATH
+/GRTAGS
+/GSYMS
+/GTAGS
+/ID
+/Makefile
+/Makefile.in
+/TAGS
+/_libs
+/autom4te.cache
+/config.cache
+/config.h
+/config.log
+/config.lt
+/config.status
+/config.status.lineno
+/configure
+/configure.lineno
+/intltool-extract.in
+/intltool-merge.in
+/intltool-update.in
+/libtool
+/po/*.gmo
+/po/*.mo
+/po/.intltool-merge-cache
+/po/Makefile
+/po/Makefile.in
+/po/Makefile.in.in
+/po/POTFILES
+/po/fprintd.pot
+/po/stamp-it
+/so_locations
+/stamp-h1
+/tags