diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..2916c99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*~
+build/
+scratch/
+/libraries/
+CMakeFiles/
+CMakeCache.txt
+.o
+benchmarks/