diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*.annot
+*.cmo
+*.cma
+*.cmi
+*.a
+*.o
+*.cmx
+*.cmxs
+*.cmxa
+
+# ocamlbuild working directory
+_build/
+
+# ocamlbuild targets
+*.byte
+*.native
+
+# oasis generated files
+setup.data
+setup.log
+
+# Merlin configuring file for Vim and Emacs
+.merlin
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+# orun
+orun is a benchmarking tool that gives you runtime and OCaml garbage collector statistics.