diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# vim and emacs temp files
+*~
+[._]*.s[a-w][a-z]
+
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# Files generated by Ansible
+ansible/*.retry
+
+# Others
+.DS_Store
+.vimrc
+
+# Ignore auto-generated group variables file.
+etc/kayobe/inventory/group_vars/seed/ansible-host