diff --git a/workspace/.gitignore b/workspace/.gitignore
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+# Editor files
+
+**/.vscode  # vs code
+*.swp       # vim
+*~          # emacs
+
+# Java / Scala
+
+**/*.class
+**/.bloop
+**/.metals
+**/metals.sbt
+**/.bsp
+**/.scalafmt.conf
+**/.ammonite
+**/.scala-build/
+
+# Eclipse
+**/*.cache-main
+**/.metadata
+**/.classpath
+**/.project
+
+# Sbt
+**/target
+
+# IntelliJ
+**/.idea
diff --git a/workspace/.vscode/settings.json b/workspace/.vscode/settings.json
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-{
-  "files.watcherExclude": {
-    "**/target": true
-  }
-}
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