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+/templates/compiled/
+/logs/
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diff --git a/templates/compiled/.gitignore b/templates/compiled/.gitignore
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diff --git a/templates/language/modules/.gitignore b/templates/language/modules/.gitignore
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diff --git a/uploads/.gitignore b/uploads/.gitignore
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