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+# CMake build artifacts:
+CMakeCache.txt
+CMakeFiles
+CTestTestfile.cmake
+cmake_install.cmake
+Testing
+# CMake generates *.dir/ folders for in-tree builds (used by MSVC projects), ignore all of those:
+*.dir/
+# MSVC files generated by CMake:
+/*.sln
+/*.vcxproj
+/*.filters
+
+# Test coverage build artifacts:
+Coverage
+*.gcno
+*.gcda
+coverage-summary.txt
+
+# Eclipse project files
+.cproject
+.project
+/.settings
+
+# Unix-like build artifacts:
+*.o
+
+# MSVC build artifacts:
+*.exe
+*.pdb
+*.ilk
+*.lib
+
+# Python build artifacts:
+*.pyc
+
+# CMake generates *.dir/ folders for in-tree builds (used by MSVC projects), ignore all of those:
+*.dir/
+
+# Microsoft CMake extension for Visual Studio Code generates a build directory by default
+/build/
+
+# Generated documentation:
+/apidoc
+
+# Editor navigation files:
+/GPATH
+/GRTAGS
+/GSYMS
+/GTAGS
+/TAGS
+/cscope*.out
+/tags
+
+# clangd compilation database
+compile_commands.json
+# clangd index files
+/.cache/clangd/index/