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+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-.classpath
-.project
-private.properties
-environment.properties
-.DS_Store
-.DS_Store?
-.Spotlight-V100
-.Trashes
-/bin
diff --git a/eclipse/.gitignore b/eclipse/.gitignore
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index 00000000..4a286b29
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/bin
+.classpath
+.project
+private.properties
+environment.properties
\ No newline at end of file