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+#------------------------------------------------------- I2cDiscreteIoExpander
 doc/html/
 doc/latex/
+
+
+#-------------- https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/Ruby.gitignore
+*.gem
+*.rbc
+/.config
+/coverage/
+/InstalledFiles
+/pkg/
+/spec/reports/
+/spec/examples.txt
+/test/tmp/
+/test/version_tmp/
+/tmp/
+
+# Used by dotenv library to load environment variables.
+# .env
+
+## Specific to RubyMotion:
+.dat*
+.repl_history
+build/
+*.bridgesupport
+build-iPhoneOS/
+build-iPhoneSimulator/
+
+## Specific to RubyMotion (use of CocoaPods):
+#
+# We recommend against adding the Pods directory to your .gitignore. However
+# you should judge for yourself, the pros and cons are mentioned at:
+# https://guides.cocoapods.org/using/using-cocoapods.html#should-i-check-the-pods-directory-into-source-control
+#
+# vendor/Pods/
+
+## Documentation cache and generated files:
+/.yardoc/
+/_yardoc/
+/doc/
+/rdoc/
+
+## Environment normalization:
+/.bundle/
+/vendor/bundle
+/lib/bundler/man/
+
+# for a library or gem, you might want to ignore these files since the code is
+# intended to run in multiple environments; otherwise, check them in:
+# Gemfile.lock
+# .ruby-version
+# .ruby-gemset
+
+# unless supporting rvm < 1.11.0 or doing something fancy, ignore this:
+.rvmrc