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+# Generated files
+*.o
+*.in
+*.8
+config/
+config.*
+Makefile
+.deps/
+
+/autom4te.cache
+/autoscan.log
+/autoscan-*.log
+/aclocal.m4
+/compile
+/configure
+/configure.scan
+/depcomp
+/install-sh
+/missing
+/stamp-h1
+
+/linux/testdisk.spec
+/src/fidentify
+/src/moc_qphotorec.cpp
+/src/photorec
+/src/photorec.ses
+/src/qphotorec
+/src/rcc_qphotorec.cpp
+/src/testdisk
+
+# OS specific files
+*~
+.DS_Store