diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 00000000..49845d01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+.classpath
+.ivy2
+bin
+build
+doc/style/.svn
+doc/xooki/.svn
+lib
+test/jar-repos
+test/test-repo/bundlerepo/*.jar
+test/test-repo/ivyrepo/org.apache.ivy.osgi
+