diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+/.bzr*
+/.hg*
+/Makevars.global
+/build*
+/maint*
+
+.depend
+Makevars.local
+
+*.a
+*.dll
+*.lib
+*.py[cdo]
+*.so
+*.swp
+
+doc/*.1
+doc/*.doc
+doc/*.html
+doc/*.man
+doc/*.ps
+doc/*.tex
+
+src/GNUmakefile
+src/MMakefile
+src/compress_nrv*
+src/*.mft
+src/*.rc
+
+src/*.d
+src/*.exe
+src/*.map
+src/*.o
+src/*.obj
+src/*.out
+src/*.res
+src/*.ttp
+
+src/stub/**/.*-stamp
+src/stub/**/MMakefile
+src/stub/tmp*/*.bin
+src/stub/tmp*/*.bin.bindump
+src/stub/tmp*/*.bin.disasm
+src/stub/tmp*/*.d
+src/stub/tmp*/*.map
+src/stub/tmp*/*.o
+src/stub/tmp*/*.o.disasm
+src/stub/tmp*/mips.r3000-*.[is]
+src/stub/tmp*/mipsel.r3000-*.[is]
+src/stub/src/**/tmp*/*
+
+src/stub/tools/armpe/armpe_tester.exe
+src/stub/tools/armpe/armpe_tester.out
+
+src/stub/tools/sstrip/amd64-linux-sstrip
+src/stub/tools/sstrip/i386-linux-sstrip
+src/stub/tools/sstrip/sstrip