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+# https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/CMake.gitignore
+CMakeCache.txt
+CMakeFiles
+CMakeScripts
+Makefile
+cmake_install.cmake
+install_manifest.txt
+*.cmake
+#Additions to https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/CMake.gitignore
+Testing
+compile_commands.json
+
+# executables
+http_examples
+https_examples
+parse_test
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