diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# use glob syntax
+syntax: glob
+
+*.pyc
+db*
+localsettings.py
+*~
+parsing_log.txt
+troggle
+troggle_log.txt
+.idea/*
+*.orig
+media/images/*
+.vscode/*
+.swp
+imagekit-off/