diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+acinclude.m4
+aclocal.m4
+config.cache
+config.h
+config.h.in
+config.log
+config.status
+configure
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+stamp-h
+stamp-h.in
+depcomp
+autom4te.cache
+stamp-h1
+.deps
+elinks
+*.swp
+*.html
+*.patch
+features.log