diff --git a/.stow-local-ignore b/.stow-local-ignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e647e48
--- /dev/null
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+\.git
+\.gitignore
+\.gitmodules
+^/README.*
+^/LICENCE.*
+^/COPYING