diff --git a/ompi/mca/io/romio/.gitignore b/ompi/mca/io/romio/.gitignore
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+/Makefile
+/.deps
+/*.bb
+/*.bbg
+/*.gcda
+/*.gcno
+/.libs
+/.libstamp*
+/*.lo
+/.*-cache
+.state-cache
+romio/version.m4
+romio/confdb/._l*
+romio/confdb/config.rpath
+romio/adio/include/romioconf.h.in
+!romio/mpi2-other/**/Makefile.in