diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..b109df0
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+.*
+!/.gitignore
+target
+!/target/generated-sources/jflex/de/ids_mannheim/korap/tokenizer/KorAPTokenizerImpl.java
+tmp
+logs
+cache_store
+*.iml
+/bin/
+*.log
+i5validation.json