diff --git a/spring-rest/src/test/resources/.gitignore b/spring-rest/src/test/resources/.gitignore
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-*.class
-
-#folders#
-/target
-/neoDb*
-/data
-/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes
-*/META-INF/*
-
-# Packaged files #
-*.jar
-*.war
-*.ear
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