diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 00000000..2531fe4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+favicon.*
+.htconfig.php
+\#*
+include/jquery-1.4.2.min.js
+*.log
+*.out
+*.version*
+favicon.*
+home.html
+addon
+*~
+
+#ignore documentation, it should be newly built 
+doc/api
+
+#ignore reports, should be generted with every build
+report/
+
+#ignore config files from eclipse, we don't want IDE files in our repository
+.project
+.buildpath
+.externalToolBuilders
+.settings