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+# Automatically generated by `hgimportsvn`
+syntax:glob
+.svn
+.hgsvn
+
+# These lines are suggested according to the svn:ignore property
+# Feel free to enable them by uncommenting them
+syntax:glob
+*.pyc
+*.pyo