diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+# Autotools-generated files.
+aclocal.m4
+autom4te.cache
+compile
+config.guess
+config.h.in*
+config.lt
+config.sub
+configure
+depcomp
+install-sh
+ltmain.sh
+m4
+Makefile.in
+missing
+py-compile
+
+# Configuration-generated files.
+config.h
+config.log
+config.status
+libtool
+Makefile
+PKG-INFO
+stamp-h1
+gtk-doc.make
+
+# Build-generated files.
+*.la
+*.lo
+*.o
+*.pc
+*.pyc
+*.so
+.deps
+.libs
+
+# Codegen output.
+goocanvas.c
+
diff --git a/docs/.gitignore b/docs/.gitignore
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+# Configuration-generated files.
+fixxref.py
+reference/entities.docbook
+
+# Documentation build output.
+html
+reference/builddate.xml
+build_stamp
+