diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*.la
+*.lo
+*.o
+.deps
+.libs
+ChangeLog
+INSTALL
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+NEWS
+aclocal.m4
+autom4te.cache
+config.h
+config.h.in
+config.log
+config.status
+config
+configure
+libtool
+scripts/launcher.pyc
+src/*.gir
+src/*.typelib
+src/*-enum-types.[ch]
+src/*-marshal.[ch]
+src/Makefile
+src/Makefile.in
+src/gnomeshell-taskpanel
+stamp-h1