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+#
+# You can add personal rules in your file .git/info/exclude
+*.swp
+*~
+/doc/*.aux
+/doc/*.haux
+/doc/*.html
+/doc/*.htoc
+/doc/*.idx
+/doc/*.ilg
+/doc/*.ind
+/doc/*.log
+/doc/*.out
+/doc/*.pdf
+/doc/*.toc
+/doc/contributed_modules.tex
+/doc/version.tex
+/src/*.beam
+/src/*.so
+/src/*/*.beam
+/src/*/Makefile
+/src/Makefile
+/src/XmppAddr.asn1db
+/src/XmppAddr.erl
+/src/XmppAddr.hrl
+/src/autom4te.cache
+/src/config.log
+/src/config.status
+/src/ejabberd.init
+/src/ejabberdctl.example
+/src/eldap/ELDAPv3.asn1db
+/src/eldap/ELDAPv3.erl
+/src/eldap/ELDAPv3.hrl
+/src/eldap/eldap_filter_yecc.erl
+/src/epam