diff --git a/.clang-ignore b/.clang-ignore
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+./boost-src
+./Boost-prefix
+./CMakeFiles
+./boost-src
+./nlohmann-json-prefix
+./nlohmann-json-src
+./nlohmann
+./prefix
+./sdbusplus-project
+./sdbusplus-src
+./valijson-prefix
+./valijson-src
+./valijson