diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+/dist/
+/dist-newstyle/
+/libpqtypes/Makefile
+/libpqtypes/config.log
+/libpqtypes/config.status
+/libpqtypes/libtool
+/libpqtypes/src/stamp-h1