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+# Ansible Tower ignore list
+
+# Ansible runtime and backups
+*.original
+*.tmp
+*.bkp
+*.retry
+*.*~
+
+# Tower runtime roles 
+roles/**
+!roles/requirements.yml
+
+# Try tyo avoid any plain-text passwords 
+*pwd*
+*pass*
+*password*
+*.txt
+
+# Exclude all binaries
+*.bin
+*.jar
+*.tar
+*.zip
+*.gzip
+*.tgz
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