diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*.o
+*.lo
+*.la
+*.sw*
+phosphor-inventory
+generated.cpp
+xyz.openbmc_project.Example.Iface1.cpp
+xyz.openbmc_project.Example.Iface2.cpp
+xyz/openbmc_project/Example/Iface1/server.hpp
+xyz/openbmc_project/Example/Iface2/server.hpp
+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
diff --git a/test/.gitignore b/test/.gitignore
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+phosphor-inventory-test