diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+lib*.a
+**/*.o
+signus/src/signus
+signus-data/utils/mk_rgb2pal
+signus-data/utils/makedat
+signus-data/utils/fntmng
+
+**/graphics/*_rgb.tab
+**/graphics*.dat
+**/texts.dat
+**/missions.dat
+
+signus-data/data/version-data
+signus/config.h
+
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+configure
+config.log
+config.status
+aclocal.m4
+**/admin/compile
+.deps
+.dirstamp
+stamp-h1