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+# file types to ignore
+.*
+!/.gitignore
+!/.clang-format
+!/.git-blame-ignore-revs
+!/.gitattributes
+*.DS_Store
+*.pyc
+*.obj
+*.lib
+*.pch
+*.vcproj
+*.kdev4
+*.exp
+*.dep
+*.manifest
+*.o
+*.orig
+*.output
+qrc_*.cpp
+BuildLog.htm
+cmake_install.cmake
+*~
+CMakeFiles/
+*qrc.depends
+ui_*.h
+moc_*.cpp
+Makefile
+CMakeCache.txt
+CMakeLists.txt.user
+config.h
+install_manifest.txt
+/bin/
+/ALL_BUILD.dir/
+/doc/
+/lib/
+/Mod/
+/ZERO_CHECK.dir/
+/build/
+/cmake-build*/
+/src/Tools/offlinedoc/localwiki/
+/src/Tools/offlinedoc/*.txt
+OpenSCAD_rc.py
+tags
+
+# crowdin file
+src/Tools/freecad.zip
+tsupdate_stderr.log
+tsupdate_stdout.log
+files_to_translate.txt