diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+debian/*.log
+*.o
+*.lo
+*.a
+.deps
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+config.h
+config.h.in
+*.pc
+
+*.*~
+*.sw?
+.libs
+*.pyc
+*.gcda
+*.gcno
+
+**/TAGS
+
+#configure
+aclocal.m4
+autom4te.cache/
+config.log
+config.status
+config.guess
+config.sub
+configure
+compile
+depcomp
+install-sh
+missing
+stamp-h1
+libtool
+ltmain.sh
+m4/*.m4
+
+# git-version-gen magic
+.tarball-version
+.version
+osysmon-*.tar.bz2
+osysmon-*.tar.gz
+
+# apps and app data
+osysmon
+osmo-ctrl-client
+
+tags
+/deps
+
+#tests
+tests/testsuite.dir
+tests/*/*_test
+tests/atconfig
+tests/atlocal
+tests/package.m4
+tests/testsuite
+tests/testsuite.log
+
+writtenconfig/