diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..21cadb43bccfdd1f16bac4c7fdff130a059535df
--- /dev/null
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+bjcp-2015-styleguide-de-1.xml
+bjcp-2015-styleguide-de.xml
+bjcp-2015-styleguide-orig.xml
+cache/
+orig/