diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 00000000..64a6e2ab
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+temp_dirs/undodir
+temp_dirs/yankring_history_v2.txt
+my_configs.vim
+sources_forked/yankring/doc/tags
+sources_non_forked/ack.vim/.netrwhist
+sources_non_forked/bufexplorer.zip/doc/tags
+sources_non_forked/tlib/doc/tags