diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+gitg/*.o
+autom4te.cache
+po/*.gmo
+.deps
+intltool*
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+depcomp
+config.*
+aclocal.m4
+configure
+data/gitg.desktop.in
+gitg/gitg
+main.sh
+omf.make
+po/POTFILES
+po/stamp-it
+stamp-h1
+xmldocs.make
+install-sh
+libtool
+ltmain.sh
+missing
+mkinstalldirs