diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index a6ac31d4..00000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
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-.pioenvs/
-.pio/
-Thumbs.db
-.DS_Store
-*.orig
-embedded/node_modules
-embedded/dist
-*~
-.pio/
-.vscode/
-.history/
-*.pyc
-.vs/
-Debug/
-Release/
-*.vsarduino.h
-__vm/
-*.user
-*.vcxproj
-*.vcxproj.filters
-*.suo