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-# See https://help.github.com/articles/ignoring-files for more about ignoring files.
-#
-# If you find yourself ignoring temporary files generated by your text editor
-# or operating system, you probably want to add a global ignore instead:
-#   git config --global core.excludesfile '~/.gitignore_global'
-
-# Ignore bundler config.
-/.bundle
-
-# Ignore the default SQLite database.
-/db/*.sqlite3
-/db/*.sqlite3-journal
-
-# Ignore all logfiles and tempfiles.
-/log/*
-!/log/.keep
-/tmp
-
-/spec/examples.txt
-/config/database.yml
-/config/secrets.yml
-/config/deploy-secrets.yml
-/config/maintenance.yml
-
-/coverage
-
-/config/beta-testers.txt
-.byebug_history
-
-# Mac finder artifacts
-.DS_Store
-.ruby-gemset
-
-public/sitemap.xml
-public/system/
-/public/ckeditor_assets/
-.idea/