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+# Add directories or file patterns to ignore during indexing (e.g. foo/ or *.csv)
+# Project exclude paths
+/Noodles-Detector/target/
+
+HELP.md
+target/
+!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+!**/src/main/**/target/
+!**/src/test/**/target/
+
+### IntelliJ IDEA ###
+.idea
+*.iws
+*.iml
+*.ipr
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