diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# Prerequisites
+*.d
+
+# Object files
+*.o
+*.ko
+*.obj
+*.elf
+
+# Linker output
+*.ilk
+*.map
+*.exp
+*.lst
+main
+
+# Precompiled Headers
+*.gch
+*.pch
+
+# Libraries
+*.lib
+*.a
+*.la
+*.lo
+
+# Shared objects (inc. Windows DLLs)
+*.dll
+*.so
+*.so.*
+*.dylib
+
+# Executables
+*.exe
+*.out
+*.app
+*.i*86
+*.x86_64
+*.hex
+*.nso
+*.pfs0
+*.nro
+*.nacp
+*.pfs0
+
+# Debug files
+*.dSYM/
+*.su
+*.idb
+*.pdb
+
+.vscode
+build
+out
+research
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diff --git a/source/mbedtls/.gitignore b/source/mbedtls/.gitignore
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+CMakeCache.txt
+CMakeFiles
+CTestTestfile.cmake
+cmake_install.cmake
+Testing
+Coverage
+*.gcno
+*.gcda
+
+# generated by scripts/memory.sh
+massif-*
+
+# MSVC files generated by CMake:
+/*.sln
+/*.vcxproj
+/*.filters
+
+# MSVC build artifacts:
+*.exe
+*.pdb
+*.ilk
+*.lib
+
+# Python build artifacts:
+*.pyc
+
+# CMake generates *.dir/ folders for in-tree builds (used by MSVC projects), ignore all of those:
+*.dir/
diff --git a/source/mbedtls/include/.gitignore b/source/mbedtls/include/.gitignore
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+Makefile
+*.sln
+*.vcxproj
+mbedtls/check_config
diff --git a/source/mbedtls/lib/.gitignore b/source/mbedtls/lib/.gitignore
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+*.o
+libmbed*
+*.sln
+*.vcxproj