diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 Icon
 # Thumbnails
 ._*
+~$*
 # Files that might appear in the root of a volume
 .DocumentRevisions-V100
 .fseventsd
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