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+*.DS_Store
+*.orig
+*.log
+*.mo
+*.pyc
+*.sqlite
+*.swp
+.coverage
+.testrepository
+.tox
+.venv
+.idea
+AUTHORS
+Authors
+build/*
+build-stamp
+ChangeLog
+barbican_tempest_plugin.egg-info
+cover/*
+covhtml
+dist/*
+instances
+keeper
+keys
+local_settings.py
+subunit.log
+tools/lintstack.head.py
+tools/pylint_exceptions
+tags
+# Files created by Sphinx build
+doc/build
+.autogenerated
+api-ref/build
+
+# Development environment files
+.project
+.pydevproject