diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..a4000ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+config.h
+*.orig
+*.rej
+patches/unused/
+dmenu
+dmenu.o
+drw.o
+stest
+stest.o
+util.o