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+# This file specifies intentionally untracked files that all Moodle git
+# repositories should ignore. It is recommended not to modify this file in your
+# local clone. Instead, use .git/info/exclude and add new records there as
+# needed.
+#
+# Example: if you deploy a contributed plugin mod/foobar into your site, put
+# the following line into .git/info/exclude file in your Moodle clone:
+# /mod/foobar/
+#
+# See gitignore(5) man page for more details
+#
+/config.php
+/lib/editor/tinymce/extra/tools/temp/
+*~
+*.swp
+/tags
+/TAGS
+/cscope.*
+/.patches/
+/.idea/
+/nbproject/
+CVS
+.DS_Store
+/.settings/
+/.project
+/.buildpath
+/.cache