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-# Ignore everything.  We'll whitelist what we want to pull in.
-/*
-/*/
-
-# Git meta files
-!.gitignore
-!.gitattributes
-!README.md
-
-# Whitelisted directories/files
-!/charles15
\ No newline at end of file