diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# Untracked files
+
+csharp/ProtocolBuffers/bin/
+csharp/ProtocolBuffers/obj/
+csharp/ProtocolBuffers.Test/bin/
+csharp/ProtocolBuffers.Test/obj/
+java/.classpath
+java/.project
+java/.settings/
+java/bin/
+java/lib/
+java/src/.classpath
+java/src/.project
+java/src/bin/
+java/target/
+src/tmp/
+tmp/
+vsprojects/*