diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76e80a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+/cache
+/kalamar.secret*
+/start-test
+/todo.org
+/fixtures.txt
+/sandbox
+/Sandbox
+/node_modules
+/cache/data
+/public
+/kalamar.*.conf
+/kalamar.conf.json
+/kalamar.conf.js
+/kalamar.*.dict
+!/kalamar.queries.dict
+/script/hypnotoad.pid
+/.sass-cache
+/dev/css
+/dev/js/spec/src
+/lib/Kalamar/Plugin/Announcements.pm
+/log
+/blib
+/script*
+/MYMETA*
+/Makefile
+/pm_to_blib
+/t/kalamar_user_client.t
+\#*
+*.tar.gz
+*~
+*.sqlite
+*.log
+*.db
+*.plugins.json
+*.old
+.*
+/t/kalamar_user_client.t
+!.gitignore
+!.github
+!.dockerignore
+/npm-debug.log
+/package-lock.json
+/kalamar.code-workspace
+
+!/kalamar.ids-mannheim.conf