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+\bRCS\b
+\bCVS\b
+^MANIFEST\.
+^Makefile$
+~$
+^#
+\.old$
+^blib/
+^pm_to_blib
+^MakeMaker-\d
+\.gz$
+\.cvsignore
+^t/9\d_.*\.t
+^t/perlcritic
+^tools/
+\.svn/
+^[^/]+\.yaml$
+^[^/]+\.pl$
+^\.shipit$
+^\.git/
+\.sw[pon]$