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-# Created by https://www.gitignore.io/api/rust
-# Edit at https://www.gitignore.io/?templates=rust
-
-### Rust ###
-# Generated by Cargo
-# will have compiled files and executables
-target/
-
-# The following is commented out since we need to guarantee all engineers and CI
-# are using the same crates.
-# # Remove Cargo.lock from gitignore if creating an executable, leave it for libraries
-# # More information here https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/guide/cargo-toml-vs-cargo-lock.html
-# **/Cargo.lock
-
-# These are backup files generated by rustfmt
-**/*.rs.bk
-
-# End of https://www.gitignore.io/api/rust
-
-### ASCIIDOC ###
-
-/docs/**/*.png
-/docs/**/*.svg
-!/docs/assets/*.png
-!/docs/assets/*.svg
-/docs/**/*.html
-/docs/**/.asciidoctor
-
-README.html
-
-### Working files ###
-.*
-!.gitignore
-!.cargo
-,*
-*~
-*.bak