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+HELP.md
+target/
+!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+!**/src/main/**
+!**/src/test/**
+
+### STS ###
+.apt_generated
+.classpath
+.factorypath
+.project
+.settings
+.springBeans
+.sts4-cache
+
+### IntelliJ IDEA  ###
+.idea
+*.iws
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+
+### NetBeans ###
+/nbproject/private/
+/nbbuild/
+/dist/
+/nbdist/
+/.nb-gradle/
+build/
+
+### VS Code ###
+.vscode/
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