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+# changes file
+*.changes
+
+# system image
+*.image
+
+# Pharo Smalltalk Debug log file
+PharoDebug.log
+
+# Squeak Smalltalk Debug log file
+SqueakDebug.log
+
+# Monticello package cache
+/package-cache
+
+# Metacello-github cache
+/github-cache
+github-*.zip