diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+config.log
+.sconf_temp
+.sconsign.dblite
+*.os
+*.succeeded
+libs/numpy/example/dtype
+libs/numpy/example/fromdata
+libs/numpy/example/ndarray
+libs/numpy/example/simple
+libs/numpy/example/ufunc