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+# Ignore everything.  We'll whitelist what we want to pull in.
+/*
+/*/
+
+# Git meta files
+!.gitignore
+!.gitattributes
+!README.md
+
+# Whitelisted directories/files
+!/charles15
\ No newline at end of file