diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*.o
+*.so.*
+*_parse.tab.c
+*_parse.tab.h
+lex.*_parse.c
+
+Makefile
+apps/Makefile
+apps/*/Makefile
+docker/Makefile
+docker/*/Makefile
+etc/Makefile
+example/Makefile
+lib/Makefile
+lib/*/Makefile
+autom4te.cache/
+
+clixon.conf.cpp
+clixon.mk
+config.log
+config.status
+
+apps/backend/clixon_backend
+apps/backend/test
+apps/backend/test.c
+apps/cli/clixon_cli
+apps/cli/test
+apps/cli/test.c
+apps/dbctrl/clixon_dbctrl
+apps/netconf/clixon_netconf
+apps/restconf/clixon_restconf
+apps/xmldb/clixon_xmldb
+
+docker/backend/Dockerfile
+docker/cli/Dockerfile
+docker/netconf/Dockerfile
+
+etc/clixonrc
+
+example/*.conf
+
+include/clixon_config.h
+
+lib/src/build.c
+lib/clixon/clixon.h