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+# Build directories
+/build/
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+# Output binaries and folders
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+
+# CMake files
+CMakeFiles/
+CMakeCache.txt
+cmake_install.cmake
+Makefile
+
+# Editor/OS files
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*~
+.DS_Store
+
+# Compiled objects
+*.o
+*.obj
+*.so
+*.a
+*.exe
+*.dll
+*.out
+
+# Generated recreator files (optional, if you want to ignore them)
+_*.[ch]pp 
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