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+# Eclipse project files
+.classpath
+.project
+.settings/
+.checkstyle
+
+# IntelliJ project files
+*.idea
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+*.iws
+
+# Additional tools
+.clover/
+
+#OSX files
+.DS_Store
+
+# Compiler output, class files
+*.class
+bin/
+
+# Log file
+*.log
+
+# BlueJ files
+*.ctxt
+
+# Mobile Tools for Java (J2ME)
+.mtj.tmp/
+
+# Package Files #
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.ear
+*.zip
+*.tar.gz
+*.rar
+
+# virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
+hs_err_pid*
+
+#Test config and output
+test-output/
+local/
+reports/
+.pmd
+tmp/
+
+# Build artifacts
+target/
+out/
+build/
+jarsIn/
+*.jar
+build.xml
+*.properties
+*.releaseBackup
+*.next
+*.tag
+
+# Jekyll
+_site/
+_*
+_*/
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+# DataSketches Memory 16
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