diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..09aa993
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+tmp/*
+log/*.log
+db/*.sqlite3
+app/views/taglibs/auto
+db/data.yml
+patches-*/*
+.stgit-edit.txt
+vendor/plugins/hobo/*
+vendor/plugins/acts_as_list/*
+vendor/plugins/selenium-on-rails/*