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+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+*.o
+*.lo
+*.la
+*~
+*.so
+/build
+/coverage
+MANIFEST
+_linkchecker_configdata.py
+Changelog.linkchecker*
diff --git a/doc/en/.gitignore b/doc/en/.gitignore
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+*.html
+*.nav
diff --git a/linkcheck/HtmlParser/.gitignore b/linkcheck/HtmlParser/.gitignore
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+htmlparse.output