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+# Rust .gitignore
+# Generated by Cargo
+debug/
+target/
+
+# Generated by rustfmt
+**/*.rs.bk
+
+# Generated by proptest
+proptest-regressions/
+
+# Generated by IntelliJ IDEA
+.idea/
+
+# Generated by direnv & Nix.
+.direnv/