diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 00000000..ff65a976
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+dist
+bin/*.sh
+bin/*.py
+*.done
+*.dist
+make/.cache.mk
+make/jw-build.pc
+minimal-to-master.sh
+pkg-build.dist
+pkgconfig/
+rebase.sh
+__pycache__