diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..2eb3414
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+*.o
+*~
+
+*.diff
+*.patch
+*.orig
+*.rej
+
+/INSTALL
+/Makefile
+/Makefile.in
+/aclocal.m4
+/autom4te.cache
+/compile
+/config.guess
+/config.h
+/config.h.in
+/config.log
+/config.status
+/config.sub
+/configure
+/install-sh
+/libtool
+/ltmain.sh
+/m4
+/missing
+/stamp-h1
+
+/irqbalance
+irqbalance-*.tar.*