diff --git a/docs/plugins/.gitignore b/docs/plugins/.gitignore
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+gstreamer-plugins-decl-list.txt
+gstreamer-plugins-decl.txt
+gstreamer-plugins-overrides.txt
+gstreamer-plugins-undocumented.txt
+gstreamer-plugins.args.new
+gstreamer-plugins.signals.new
+gstreamer-plugins-unused.txt
+html
+html-build.stamp
+html.stamp
+scan-build.stamp
+sgml-build.stamp
+sgml.stamp
+tmpl
+tmpl-build.stamp
+tmpl.stamp
+xml