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+# Comments and blank lines are allowed.
+RCS
+.+,v
+CVS
+\.\#.+       # CVS conflict files / emacs lock files
+\.cvsignore
+\.svn
+_darcs
+\.hg
+\.git
+\.gitignore
+.+~          # emacs backup files
+\#.*\#       # emacs autosave files
+^/README.*
+^/LICENSE.*
+^/COPYING
+\.gitmodules
+scripts
+^/stow