.gitignore

# template for a .gitignore file
# pattern format explanation taken from
# https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitignore.html
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#  * A blank line matches no files, so it can serve as a separator for readability.
#
#  * A line starting with # serves as a comment.
#
#  * An optional prefix ! which negates the pattern; any matching file excluded by a previous pattern will
#  * become included again. If a negated pattern matches, this will override lower precedence patterns
#  * sources.
#
#  * If the pattern ends with a slash, it is removed for the purpose of the following description, but it
#  * would only find a match with a directory. In other words, foo/ will match a directory foo and paths
#  * underneath it, but will not match a regular file or a symbolic link foo (this is consistent with the
#  * way how pathspec works in general in git).
#
#  * If the pattern does not contain a slash /, git treats it as a shell glob pattern and checks for a
#  * match against the pathname relative to the location of the .gitignore file (relative to the toplevel
#  * of the work tree if not from a .gitignore file).
#
#  * Otherwise, git treats the pattern as a shell glob suitable for consumption by fnmatch(3) with the
#  * FNM_PATHNAME flag: wildcards in the pattern will not match a / in the pathname. For example,
#  * "Documentation/*.html" matches "Documentation/git.html" but not "Documentation/ppc/ppc.html" or
#  * "tools/perf/Documentation/perf.html".
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#  * A leading slash matches the beginning of the pathname. For example, "/*.c" matches "cat-file.c" but
#  * not "mozilla-sha1/sha1.c".
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# actual directives start here
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# ignore emacs temp files
*~

# ignore vim temp files
*swp

# ignore eclipse files
.project*
.settings*