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+*.sol
+Solvers/Source/Include/
+Utilities/Source/Include/
+_vti_cnf/
+_vti_pvt/
+*.mexw32
+*.nl
+*.cfe
+*.gen
+*.cfs
+*.si
+*.exp
+scip.mexw64
+Help/OPTI_HTML/tex/
+Utilities/Install/VisualStudioBuilder/guids.txt
+*.lib
+*.exe
+*.mexw64
+*.zip
+
+@opti/
+Examples/
+Solvers/
+Test Problems/
+Utilities/
+README.md
+opti_Install.m
+
+*~
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