diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
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+lib-cov
+*.seed
+*.log
+*.csv
+*.dat
+*.out
+*.pid
+*.gz
+
+pids
+logs
+results
+build
+node_modules
+
+.gitignore
+tests
+.travis.yml
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