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+# ---> SCons
+# for projects that use SCons for building: http://http://www.scons.org/
+.sconsign.dblite
+
+# When configure fails, SCons outputs these
+config.log
+.sconf_temp
+
+# build artifacts
+*.o
+compile_commands.json
+engine/.github
+project/.godot
+build/
+__pycache__
+
+# general-purpose cache folder (used by e.g clangd)
+.cache