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+# Ignore paths that contain user-generated content.
+sites/*/files
+sites/*/private
+files/*
+private/*
+cache
+
+# Pantheon commits a settings.php for environment-specific settings.
+# Place local settings in settings.local.php
+sites/*/settings.local.php
+
+# ** Only works in OSs that support newer versions of fnmatch (Bash 4+)
+/sites/default/**/files
+/sites/default/**/private
+
+# Packages #
+############
+*.7z
+*.dmg
+*.gz
+*.bz2
+*.iso
+*.jar
+*.rar
+*.tar
+*.zip
+*.tgz
+
+# Logs and databases #
+######################
+*.log
+*.sql
+
+# OS generated files #
+######################
+.DS_Store*
+ehthumbs.db
+Icon
+
+Thumbs.db
+._*
+
+# Vim generated files #
+######################
+*.un~
+
+# SASS #
+##########
+.sass-cache