diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# Some config files of the world's most favorite text editor - VIM ;-)
+lvimrc
+.ycm_extra_conf.py
+.ycm_extra_conf.pyc
+*.swp
+*.swo
+
+# File backups
+*.*~
+
+# Generated doc
+**/doc/developer/html/*
+**/doc/developer/doxygen_sqlite3.db
+
+# Ignore contents of the build directory
+**/build/*
+!**/build/.dummy
+!**/build/.keep
+!**/build/README
+!**/build/README.*
+
+# files generated by "make tags"
+src/tags
+src/cscope.out
+src/ncscope.out
+
+# tag files
+tags
+cscope.out
+
+# user toolboxes are not versioned
+src/modules/modules-user.toolbox
+
+# Eclipse files
+.project
+.cproject
+.settings
+
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
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-# use glob syntax.
-syntax: glob
-
-*~
-*.swp
-
-# switch to regexp syntax.
-syntax: regexp
-
-^doc/core/html
-^doc/core/core.tag
-^doc/developer/doxygen_objdb
-^doc/developer/html
-^doc/developer/man
-^doc/developer/doxyerror.log
-^doc/developer/doxygen_sqlite3.db
-^doc/developer/developer.tag
-^doc/developer/designDocuments/openWalnutDesign.aux
-^doc/developer/designDocuments/openWalnutDesign.bbl
-^doc/developer/designDocuments/openWalnutDesign.blg
-^doc/developer/designDocuments/openWalnutDesign.log
-^doc/developer/designDocuments/openWalnutDesign.out
-^doc/developer/designDocuments/openWalnutDesign.pdf
-^doc/developer/designDocuments/openWalnutDesign.toc
-^doc/developer/designDocuments/openWalnutDesignDocument.pdf
-^build
-
-# files generated by "make tags"
-^src/tags
-^src/cscope.out
-^src/ncscope.out
-
-# files geneterated by build system
-^src/WVersion.h
-
-# local vim rc
-^lvimrc
-
-# tag files
-^tags$
-^cscope.out$
-
-# numCores files
-^tools/numCores/CMakeCache.txt$
-^tools/numCores/CMakeFiles
-^tools/numCores/Makefile$
-^tools/numCores/cmake_install.cmake$
-
-# user toolboxes are not versioned
-^src/modules/modules-user.toolbox$
-
-syntax: glob
-.project
-.cproject
-syntax: regexp
-^Debug$
-syntax: glob
-.settings
-syntax: glob
-Release
-# VIM's YouCompleteMe addon files:
-.ycm_extra_conf.py
-.ycm_extra_conf.pyc