diff --git a/Mercury.gitignore b/Mercury.gitignore
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index 00000000..69f5a249
--- /dev/null
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+Mercury/
+.*.swp
+tags
+*.mh
+*.err
+*.init
+*.dll
+*.exe
+*.a
+*.so
+*.dylib
+*.d
+*.c_date