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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/
+