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+dist
+npm-debug.log
+node_modules
+scripts/scratch*
+test/integration/yaml_suite/log
+.aws-config.json
+.idea
+
+## generated files
+test/integration/yaml_suite/yaml_tests*.json
+test/integration/yaml_suite/index*.js
+src/elasticsearch*/
+src/bower*/
+junit-*.xml
+elasticsearch*.log
+sauce_connect.lo*
+coverage.html
+.snapshots
+html_docs
+
+## just in .npmignore
+.jshintrc
+.travis.yml
+CHANGELOG.md
+CONTRIBUTING.md
+docs/
+grunt/
+Gruntfile.js
+scripts/
+test/