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+# Visual Studio IDE state
+.vs/
+*.suo
+*.user
+*.userosscache
+*.sln.docstates
+
+# Build output
+[Bb]in/
+[Oo]bj/
+
+# NuGet packages (restored from packages.config)
+packages/
+*.nupkg
+
+# ClickOnce / publish output
+[Pp]ublish/
+*.pubxml.user
+*.publishproj