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+# ignore directories in the git-generated distributed .zip archive
+/.github export-ignore
+/tests export-ignore
+.gitattributes export-ignore
+.gitignore export-ignore
+generate-examples.php export-ignore
+generate-verified-files.php export-ignore
+phpunit.xml export-ignore
+examples.md export-ignore
+phpstan.neon.dist export-ignore