diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 2bebc2d..0000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-vendor/rails
-doc/api
-doc/plugins
-tmp
-config/database.yml
-config/session.secret
-index
-locale
-log
-public/articles
-public/images/0000
-public/thumbnails
-public/user_themes
-db/development.db
-db/production.db
-db/test.db
diff --git a/.gitignore.example b/.gitignore.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bebc2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore.example
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+vendor/rails
+doc/api
+doc/plugins
+tmp
+config/database.yml
+config/session.secret
+index
+locale
+log
+public/articles
+public/images/0000
+public/thumbnails
+public/user_themes
+db/development.db
+db/production.db
+db/test.db
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