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+#
+# NOTE! Don't add files that are generated in specific
+# subdirectories here. Add them in the ".gitignore" file
+# in that subdirectory instead.
+#
+# NOTE! Please use 'git ls-files -i --exclude-standard'
+# command after changing this file, to see if there are
+# any tracked files which get ignored after the change.
+#
+# Normal rules
+#
+.*
+*.o
+*.o.*
+*.a
+*.s
+*.ko
+*.so
+*.so.dbg
+*.mod.c
+*.i
+*.lst
+*.symtypes
+*.order
+modules.builtin
+*.elf
+*.bin
+*.gz
+*.bz2
+*.lzma
+*.patch
+*.gcno
+
+#
+# Top-level generic files
+#
+/tags
+/TAGS
+/linux
+/vmlinux
+/vmlinuz
+/System.map
+/Module.markers
+/Module.symvers
+
+#
+# git files that we don't want to ignore even it they are dot-files
+#
+!.gitignore
+!.mailmap
+
+#
+# Generated include files
+#
+include/config
+include/linux/version.h
+include/generated
+
+# stgit generated dirs
+patches-*
+
+# quilt's files
+patches
+series
+
+# cscope files
+cscope.*
+ncscope.*
+
+# gnu global files
+GPATH
+GRTAGS
+GSYMS
+GTAGS
+
+*.orig
+*~
+\#*#
+*.lo
+*.la
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+aclocal.m4
+autoconfig.h
+autoconfig.h.in
+autom4te.cache/
+build-aux/
+config.log
+config.status
+configure
+libtool
+libupnp.pc
+m4/libtool.m4
+m4/ltoptions.m4
+m4/ltsugar.m4
+m4/ltversion.m4
+m4/lt~obsolete.m4
+stamp-h1
+upnp/inc/stamp-h2
+upnp/inc/upnpconfig.h
+upnp/sample/upnp_tv_combo
+upnp/sample/upnp_tv_ctrlpt
+upnp/sample/upnp_tv_device
+