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+#==============================================================================#
+# This file specifies intentionally untracked files that git should ignore.
+#==============================================================================#
+
+#==============================================================================#
+# File extensions to be ignored anywhere in the tree.
+#==============================================================================#
+# Temp files created by most text editors.
+*~
+# Merge files created by git.
+*.orig
+# Java bytecode
+*.class
+# Byte compiled python modules.
+*.pyc
+# vim swap files
+.*.sw?
+.sw?
+#OS X specific files.
+.DS_store
+# Core files
+#core
+
+#==============================================================================#
+# Explicit files to ignore (only matches one).
+#==============================================================================#
+# Various tag programs
+/tags
+/TAGS
+/GPATH
+/GRTAGS
+/GSYMS
+/GTAGS
+.gitusers
+autom4te.cache
+cscope.files
+cscope.out
+autoconf/aclocal.m4
+autoconf/autom4te.cache
+/compile_commands.json
+/.wasm
+
+#==============================================================================#
+# Directories to ignore (do not add trailing '/'s, they skip symlinks).
+#==============================================================================#
+# External projects that are tracked independently.
+projects/*
+!projects/*.*
+!projects/Makefile
+
+
+#==============================================================================#
+# Autotools artifacts
+#==============================================================================#
+config/
+configure
+config-h.in
+autom4te.cache
+*Makefile.in
+third_party/*/Makefile
+libtool
+aclocal.m4
+config.log
+config.status
+stamp-h1
+m4/libtool.m4
+m4/ltoptions.m4
+m4/ltsugar.m4
+m4/ltversion.m4
+m4/lt~obsolete.m4
+
+#==============================================================================#
+# Build artifacts
+#==============================================================================#
+#m4/
+build/
+duckdb_benchmark_data/
+#*.m4
+*.o
+*.lo
+*.la
+*~
+*.pdf
+*.swp
+a.out
+
+#==============================================================================#
+# Kate Swap Files
+#==============================================================================#
+*.kate-swp
+.#kate-*
+
+#==============================================================================#
+# Backup artifacts
+#==============================================================================#
+~*
+*~
+tmp/
+
+#==============================================================================#
+# KDevelop files
+#==============================================================================#
+.kdev4
+*.kdev4
+.dirstamp
+.deps
+.libs
+
+#==============================================================================#
+# Eclipse files
+#==============================================================================#
+.wtpmodules
+.classpath
+.project
+.cproject
+.pydevproject
+.settings
+.autotools
+.csettings
+
+/Debug/
+/misc/
+
+#==============================================================================#
+# Intellij files
+#==============================================================================#
+.idea
+*.iml
+
+#==============================================================================#
+# Code Coverage files
+#==============================================================================#
+*.gcno
+*.gcda
+
+#==============================================================================#
+# Scripts
+#==============================================================================#
+*.jar
+scripts/PelotonTest/out
+scripts/PelotonTest/lib
+
+#==============================================================================#
+# Protobuf
+#==============================================================================#
+*.pb-c.c
+*.pb-c.h
+*.pb.go
+
+#==============================================================================#
+# Third party
+#==============================================================================#
+third_party/nanomsg/
+third_party/nvml/
+third_party/logcabin/
+
+#==============================================================================#
+# Eclipse
+#==============================================================================#
+
+.metadata
+bin/
+tmp/
+*.tmp
+*.bak
+*.swp
+*~.nib
+local.properties
+.settings/
+.loadpath
+.recommenders
+
+# Clang language server (C/C++ tooling)
+/.cache/clangd
+.ccls-cache
+
+# Eclipse Core
+.project
+
+# External tool builders
+.externalToolBuilders/
+
+# Locally stored "Eclipse launch configurations"
+*.launch
+
+# PyDev specific (Python IDE for Eclipse)
+*.pydevproject
+
+# CDT-specific (C/C++ Development Tooling)
+.cproject
+
+# JDT-specific (Eclipse Java Development Tools)
+.classpath
+
+# RStudio specific
+.Rproj.user
+
+# Java annotation processor (APT)
+.factorypath
+
+# PDT-specific (PHP Development Tools)
+.buildpath
+
+# sbteclipse plugin
+.target
+
+# Tern plugin
+.tern-project
+
+# TeXlipse plugin
+.texlipse
+
+# STS (Spring Tool Suite)
+.springBeans
+
+# Code Recommenders
+.recommenders/
+io_file
+
+## General
+
+# Compiled Object files
+*.slo
+*.lo
+*.o
+*.cuo
+
+# Compiled Dynamic libraries
+*.so
+*.dylib
+*.dll
+
+# Compiled Static libraries
+*.lai
+*.la
+*.a
+*.lib
+
+# Compiled protocol buffers
+*_pb2.py
+
+# Compiled python
+*.pyc
+
+# Compiled MATLAB
+*.mex*
+
+# IPython notebook checkpoints
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# Editor temporaries
+*.swp
+*~
+
+# Sublime Text settings
+*.sublime-workspace
+*.sublime-project
+
+# Eclipse Project settings
+*.*project
+.settings
+.csettings
+
+# Visual Studio
+.vs
+settings.json
+.vscode
+
+# QtCreator files
+*.user
+
+# PyCharm files
+.idea
+
+# OSX dir files
+.DS_Store
+
+# User's build configuration
+Makefile.config
+
+# build, distribute, and bins (+ python proto bindings)
+build
+.build_debug/*
+.build_release/*
+distribute/*
+*.testbin
+*.bin
+cmake_build
+.cmake_build
+cmake-build-debug
+cmake-build-release
+cmake-build-relwithdebinfo
+CMakeUserPresets.json
+
+# Generated documentation
+docs
+
+# tests
+test/test.sql
+duckdb_benchmark_data/
+
+# SQLite logic tests
+test/evidence/
+third_party/sqllogictest
+
+#imdb dataset
+third_party/imdb/data
+#taxi dataset
+benchmark/taxi/data/
+
+# Format timer
+.last_format
+# Benchmarks
+.last_benchmarked_commit
+benchmark_results/
+duckdb_unittest_tempdir/
+grammar.y.tmp
+src/amalgamation/
+# single file compile
+amalgamation.cache
+dependencies.d
+deps.s
+duckdb.cpp.tmp
+duckdb.hpp.tmp
+# .Rcheck
+tools/duckdb.Rcheck/
+tools/*.tar.gz
+.Rhistory
+ub_*.cpp
+
+# node tests
+__nvm
+
+*.vcxproj*
+*.sln
+
+# Zig files
+zig-out/*gs
+zig-cache/*
+*.zig
+
+# .db files
+*.db
+*.db.gz
+
+# local cmake extension config
+extension/extension_config_local.cmake
+
+# extension_external dir
+extension_external
+
+# pyodide (emscripten python) build and test environment
+.pyodide-xbuildenv
+.venv-pyodide
+
+test/sql/pragma/output.json
+tools/pythonpkg/duckdb_build/