diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+favicon.*
+.htconfig.php
+.htpreconfig.php
+\#*
+include/jquery-1.4.2.min.js
+*.log
+*.out
+*.version*
+favicon.*
+home.html
+addon
+*~
+robots.txt
+
+#ignore documentation, it should be newly built
+doc/html
+
+#ignore reports, should be generted with every build
+report/
+
+#ignore config files from eclipse, we don't want IDE files in our repository
+.project
+.buildpath
+.externalToolBuilders
+.settings
+#ignore OSX .DS_Store files
+.DS_Store
+
+/nbproject/private/
+
+#ignore smarty cache
+/view/smarty3/compiled/
+
+#ignore cache folders
+/privacy_image_cache/
+/photo/
+/proxy/
+nbproject
+
+#ignore vagrant dir
+.vagrant/
+
+#ignore local folder
+/local/