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+# /
+/classes
+build
+dist
+*~
+velocity.log
+build.properties
+.idea
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+*.iws
+/.project
+/.classpath
+/.settings
+prj.el
+bin
+pom.xml
+target
+lucene-libs
+
+# /lucene/
+
+
+# /lucene/contrib/db/bdb/
+/lucene/contrib/db/bdb/lib
+/lucene/contrib/db/bdb/index
+
+
+# /lucene/contrib/db/bdb-je/
+/lucene/contrib/db/bdb-je/lib
+/lucene/contrib/db/bdb-je/index
+
+
+# /lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/
+/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/QueryParser.java
+/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/TokenMgrError.java
+/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/ParseException.java
+/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/Token.java
+/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/TokenManager.java
+/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/queryParser/QueryParserConstants.java
+
+# /lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/automaton/
+/lucene/src/java/org/apache/lucene/util/automaton/moman
+
+
+# /modules/analysis/common/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/standard/
+/modules/analysis/common/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/standard/Token.java
+/modules/analysis/common/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/standard/StandardTokenizer.java
+/modules/analysis/common/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/standard/StandardTokenizerTokenManager.java
+/modules/analysis/common/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/standard/TokenMgrError.java
+/modules/analysis/common/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/standard/CharStream.java
+/modules/analysis/common/src/java/org/apache/lucene/analysis/standard/StandardTokenizerConstants.java
+
+
+# /modules/benchmark/
+/modules/benchmark/temp
+/modules/benchmark/work
+
+# /solr/
+/solr/.project
+/solr/.classpath
+/solr/.settings
+/solr/bin
+/solr/luke
+/solr/package
+
+# /solr/example
+/solr/example/webapps
+/solr/example/work
+/solr/example/solr/data
+/solr/example/exampledocs/post.jar
+
+# /solr/client/ruby/flare/
+/solr/client/ruby/flare/tmp