diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+dist/*
+README.*
+INSTALL.*
+.configure-stamp
+man/man?/*.1
+man/man?/*.html
+markdown2pdf
+html2markdown
+hsmarkdown
+*.diff
+pandoc.cabal.orig
+