diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
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+*.*~
+**/*.*~
+*.md
+*.MD
+.DS_Store
+tsconfig.json
+samples
+__tests__
+docs
+.*.swp
+._*
+.DS_Store
+.git
+.hg
+.npmrc
+.lock-wscript
+.svn
+.wafpickle-*
+config.gypi
+CVS
+npm-debug.log