diff --git a/docs/plugins/.gitignore b/docs/plugins/.gitignore
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+Makefile
+Makefile.in
+
+*-decl.txt
+*-decl-list.txt
+*-undocumented.txt
+*-unused.txt
+
+*.args
+*.hierarchy
+*.interfaces
+*.prerequisites
+*.signals
+
+html
+sgml
+xml
+*.stamp