diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+build/
+*.suo
+*.user
+bin
+Bin
+obj
+_ReSharper*
+*.csproj.user
+*.resharper.user
+*.suo
+*.cache
+TestResult.xml
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+This is a simple implementation of git-http-backend written in ASP.NET that can be used to read/write git repositories on Windows with IIS.
+
+Inspired by Grack (http://github.com/schacon/grack)
+
+This is largely untested, but has been developed with IIS7.5 under Windows 7 x64. 
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