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-# OSX
-._*
-.DS_Store
-
-# intellij files
-.idea/*
-
-# Eclipse files
-.classpath
-.project
-.settings/**
-
-# visual studio code
-.vscode/*
-
-# Emacs save files
-*~
-\#*\#
-.\#*
-
-# Vim-related files
-[._]*.s[a-w][a-z]
-[._]s[a-w][a-z]
-*.un~
-Session.vim
-.netrwhist
-
-# mkdocs
-site
-
-# temporal github pages
-gh-pages
-
-# Docker-based builds
-test/binaries
-
-# coverage artifacts
-.coverprofile
-gover.coverprofile
-
-e2e-tests
-coverage.txt
-test/e2e/e2e\.test
-.env
-.gocache/
-bin
-test/e2e-image/wait-for-nginx.sh
-.cache
-.modcache
-cover.out
-
-# secret terraform variables
-build/images/nginx/aws.tfvars
-build/images/nginx/env.tfvars
-
-images/fastcgi-helloserver/rootfs/fastcgi-helloserver
-
-cmd/plugin/release/ingress-nginx.yaml
-cmd/plugin/release/*.tar.gz
-cmd/plugin/release/LICENSE
-tmp/
-test/junitreports/
-tests/__snapshot__