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+# Ignore temporary files
+*~
+**/*~
+
+# Ignore compiled files
+*.pyc
+**/*.pyc
+*.so
+**/*.so
+*.o
+**/*.o
+
+# Ignore executables
+# Find them with:
+# find . \( ! -regex '.*/\..*' \) -type f | xargs -n 1 file | egrep "ELF"
+STAging/macros/flukaExtract
+STAging/macros/lumiExtract
+STAging/macros/tempExtract
+macros/runCond/flukaExtract
+macros/runCond/fluenceExtract
+macros/runCond/lumiExtract
+macros/runCond/tempExtract
+macros/runCond/deplVandLumiExtrac
+macros/CCEScan/pulseFit
+macros/CCEScan/landauFit
+macros/CCEScan/ratioFit_spline
+macros/CCEScan/Hamburg
+macros/CCEScan/plotSector
+macros/CCEScan/plotSector_gcc3.4.14
+macros/CCEScan/deplVphiN
+macros/CCEScan/deplVphiN_normalized
+macros/CCEScan/voltageFit_noPulse
+macros/CCEScan/voltageFit_spline
+macros/CCEScan/ratioFit
+macros/CCEScan/voltageFit
+
+# Ignore temporary scripts
+macros/CCEScan/batch/temp_scripts
+
+# Ignore backups
+data/leakageCurrent/summer_2015