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-# Ignore build directories
-build
-debug
-cmake-build-debug
-
-# Ignore CLion IDE project files
-.idea
-
-# Generated data files
-*.dat
-
-# Temporal files
-*~
-
-# Internal development
-matlab
-mex
-cmake/modules/BuildMex.cmake
-cmake/modules/FindMATLAB.cmake
-cmake/modules/FindOCTAVE.cmake
-