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+# changes file
+*.changes
+
+# system image
+*.image
+
+# Pharo Smalltalk Debug log file
+PharoDebug.log
+
+# Squeak Smalltalk Debug log file
+SqueakDebug.log
+
+# Monticello package cache
+/package-cache
+
+# playground cache
+/play-cache
+/play-stash
+
+# Metacello-github cache
+/github-cache
+github-*.zip
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+# tinyblog
+
+The tiny blog system as described in [the Pharo MOOC](http://mooc.pharo.org/).
+This repositories purpose is twofold: firstly, I want to save the assignment I
+built, even though it’s simple and based on a tutorial, and secondly I want to
+learn how to use Git with Pharo.
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