diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fc3e9d5ff12b64e2ffed30e73e1b71a74b72d536..a9235b28089f4d5ea8978ccaf85d4e06cc9916a2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
 .sc-start-sc_*
 /GNUmakefile
 /libvirt-[0-9]*
-/proxy/
 /maint.mk
+/proxy/
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