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+# Build outputs
+/bin/
+/obj/
+/out/
+/output/
+/publish/
+
+# User-specific files
+*.user
+*.userosscache
+*.suo
+*.userprefs
+
+# Rider / JetBrains
+.idea/
+*.sln.iml
+
+# Visual Studio / VS Code
+.vs/
+.vscode/
+*.swp
+*.sln.ide
+
+# Test results
+/TestResults/
+*.trx
+*.coverage
+*.coveragexml
+*.coveragejson
+*.dotCover
+*.TestResults.xml
+
+# NuGet packages
+/packages/
+*.nupkg
+*.snupkg
+packages/
+!packages.config
+
+# Global tool store
+.tools/
+
+# Node / frontend (if any SPA in Presentation layer)
+/node_modules/
+npm-debug.log
+yarn-error.log
+package-lock.json
+yarn.lock
+
+# Environment config
+appsettings.Development.json
+appsettings.Production.json
+appsettings.Staging.json
+*.secrets.json
+secrets.json
+*.local.json
+.env
+.env.*
+!.env.example
+
+# Logs
+/logs/
+*.log
+*.logs
+
+# Temp files
+*.tmp
+*.temp
+*.cache
+*.pid
+
+# Diagnostic files
+*.pidb
+*.heapsnapshot
+*.heapsnapshot.*
+*.vsp
+*.vspx
+
+# Benchmark results
+BenchmarkDotNet.Artifacts/
+
+# Entity Framework migrations snapshot (keep only initial files if desired)
+/Migrations/*.Designer.cs
+!Migrations/*.Designer.cs
+# Optionally exclude all migration files (if you prefer)
+# /Migrations/*.cs
+
+# Coverage reports
+/coverage/
+/coverlet/
+*.opencover.xml
+
+# Generated documentation
+/Documentation/
+*.xml
+
+# Docker
+.dockerignore
+docker-compose.override.yml
+docker-compose.*.override.yml
+
+# Web publish profiles
+*.pubxml
+*.pubxml.user
+*.Publish.xml
+
+# Build artifacts
+artifacts/
+build/
+
+# Localization data
+*.resx
+!**/Resources/*.resx
+
+# StyleCop / Roslyn analyzer
+*.ncrunchproject
+*.DotSettings
+
+# Code coverage filter files
+*.runsettings
+*.runsettings.user
+
+# SonarQube
+.sonarqube/
+
+# Azure Functions
+.local/
+
+# Publish profiles in Azure
+Properties/PublishProfiles/*.pubxml
+Properties/PublishProfiles/*.pubxml.user
+
+# Mac OS
+.DS_Store
+.AppleDouble
+.LSOverride
+
+# Windows
+Thumbs.db
+desktop.ini
+$RECYCLE.BIN/
+
+# Linux
+*~
+.directory
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