diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+autom4te.cache
+*.o
+*.a
diff --git a/nufxlib/.gitignore b/nufxlib/.gitignore
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+Makefile
+Version.c
+config.h
+config.log
+config.status
+exerciser
+imgconv
+launder
+test-basic
+test-extract
+test-simple
+test-twirl