diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+/build/
+/dist/
+Thumbs.db
+/javadoc/
+/.jacocoverage/
+/build
+/target/
+/out/
+/**/.sonar/
+**.jacocoverage/
+**/*.iml
+*.iml
+**/*.tloh
+**/*.tlog
+**/*.db
+**/*.project
+**/*.factorypath
+**/*.flattened-pom.xml
+**/flatter.pom
+flatter.pom**/*.classpath
+/.idea/
+/dependency-reduced-pom.xml