diff --git a/.stow-global-ignore b/.stow-global-ignore
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index 60aa034..0000000
--- a/.stow-global-ignore
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-# Comments and blank lines are allowed.
-
-RCS
-.+,v
-
-CVS
-\.\#.+       # CVS conflict files / emacs lock files
-\.cvsignore
-
-\.svn
-_darcs
-\.hg
-
-\.git
-\.gitignore
-\.gitmodules
-
-.+~          # emacs backup files
-\#.*\#       # emacs autosave files
-
-^/README.*
-^/LICENSE.*
-^/COPYING
-
-# Ignore any directory literally named 'agent'
-^agent$