diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..e85846d
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+*.o
+*.lo
+*.la
+*.sw*
+phosphor-hwmon-readd
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+configure
+.deps
+.libs
+aclocal.m4
+ar-lib
+arm-openbmc-linux-gnueabi-libtool
+autom4te.cache/
+compile
+config.guess
+config.h
+config.h.in
+config.log
+config.status
+config.sub
+depcomp
+install-sh
+ltmain.sh
+missing
+stamp-h1