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+# This file is for zig-specific build artifacts.
+# If you have OS-specific or editor-specific files to ignore,
+# such as *.swp or .DS_Store, put those in your global
+# ~/.gitignore and put this in your ~/.gitconfig:
+#
+# [core]
+#     excludesfile = ~/.gitignore
+#
+# Cheers!
+# -andrewrk
+
+zig-cache/
+zig-out/
+/release/
+/debug/
+/build/
+/build-*/
+/docgen_tmp/