diff --git a/main/editline/.gitignore b/main/editline/.gitignore
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+*.o_a
+Makefile
+common.h
+config.cache
+config.h
+editline.c
+emacs.h
+fcns.c
+fcns.h
+help.c
+help.h
+makelist
+vi.h