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+/*.desc
+/*.pc
+/*.tar.gz
+/*diff
+/*diffs
+/.deps
+/Makefile
+/Makefile.in
+/aclocal.m4
+/autom4te.cache
+/config.cache
+/config.h
+/config.h.in
+/config.log
+/config.status
+/configure
+/jack-audio-connection-kit-*
+/jack.spec
+/libtool
+/stamp-h
+/stamp-h.in
+/stamp-h1
+/TAGS
+*.o
+*.lo
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+.libs
+.deps
+*.la
+config/compile
+config/config.guess
+config/config.sub
+config/depcomp
+config/install-sh
+config/ltmain.sh
+config/missing
+doc/doxygen-build.stamp
+doc/reference.doxygen
+doc/reference/
+example-clients/jack_impulse_grabber
+example-clients/jack_metro
+example-clients/jack_midiseq
+example-clients/jack_midisine
+example-clients/jack_showtime
+example-clients/jack_simple_client
+example-clients/jack_transport_client
+jack/version.h
+jackd/jack_md5.h
+jackd/jackd
+jackd/jackd.1
+tags
+tools/alsa_in
+tools/alsa_out
+tools/jack_alias
+tools/jack_connect
+tools/jack_disconnect
+tools/jack_evmon
+tools/jack_freewheel
+tools/jack_load
+tools/jack_lsp
+tools/jack_monitor_client
+tools/jack_netsource
+tools/jack_thread_wait
+tools/jack_transport
+tools/jack_unload
+tools/jackrec