diff --git a/arch/.gitignore b/arch/.gitignore
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index 3d589e9dce..0000000000
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-.depend
-Make.dep
-*.o
-*.a
-*.d
-*.i
-*~
-.swp
-.*.swp
-core
-.gdbinit
-cscope.out
-/Make.dep
-/.depend
-/*.asm
-/*.obj
-/*.rel
-/*.lst
-/*.sym
-/*.adb
-/*.lib
-/*.src