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+#### joe made this: http://goel.io/joe
+
+#####=== Maven ===#####
+
+target/
+**/target/
+pom.xml.tag
+pom.xml.releaseBackup
+pom.xml.versionsBackup
+pom.xml.next
+release.properties
+dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+buildNumber.properties
+.mvn/timing.properties
+