diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+#files, the will be ignored by git
+
+#minified scripts
+*.min.js
+
+#node modules folder
+node_modules
+
+#cloudfoundry info files
+cloudcmd.manifest.yml
+
+#herocu info file
+Procfile
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