diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..5814298
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+target
+**/.settings
+**/.classpath
+**/.project
+**/.buildpath
+**/.factorypath
+**/.springBeans
+**/.project
+**/.classpath
+.idea
+.checkstyle
+.DS_Store
+.*~
+*.iml
+**/logs/
+**/debug-logs/
+*.class
+*.swp
+*.log
+*.tmp
+**/bin/
+/tattletale/
+/.metadata/
+**/.sts4-cache
+**/.java-version