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+# generated and tmp files
+*~
+*.edj
+*.exe
+*.o
+*.lo
+*.la
+.deps
+*.gcno
+*.gcda
+.dirstamp
+.edi
+
+/src/equate
+equate-*.tar.?z*
+po/*.gmo
+po/POTFILES
+.libs
+
+# autotools crap
+m4/*.m4
+!m4/efl*.m4
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+aclocal.m4
+autom4te.cache
+compile
+config.guess
+config.h
+config.h.in
+config.log
+config.rpath
+config.status
+config.sub
+config.cache*
+configure
+depcomp
+install-sh
+libtool
+ltmain.sh
+missing
+stamp-h1
+ar-lib
+test-driver
+test-suite.log
+
+# gettext crap
+ABOUT-NLS
+po/Makefile.in.in
+po/Makevars.template
+po/Rules-quot
+po/boldquot.sed
+po/en@boldquot.header
+po/en@quot.header
+po/insert-header.sin
+po/quot.sed
+po/remove-potcdate.sed
+po/remove-potcdate.sin
+po/stamp-po
+
+/coverage/