diff --git a/deps/jemalloc/.gitignore b/deps/jemalloc/.gitignore
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+/Makefile
+/config.stamp
+/config.status
+
+/doc/html.xsl
+/doc/jemalloc.xml
+/doc/manpages.xsl
+
+/src/*.d
+/lib
+
+# The following headers are generated
+/include/jemalloc/*.h
+/include/jemalloc/internal/jemalloc_internal.h
+/test/jemalloc_test.h