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+# Local .terraform directories
+**/.terraform/*
+
+# .tfstate files
+*.tfstate
+*.tfstate.*
+
+# Crash log files
+crash.log
+
+# Ignore any .tfvars files that are generated automatically for each Terraform run. Most
+# .tfvars files are managed as part of configuration and so should be included in
+# version control.
+#
+# example.tfvars
+
+# Ignore override files as they are usually used to override resources locally and so
+# are not checked in
+override.tf
+override.tf.json
+*_override.tf
+*_override.tf.json
+
+# Include override files you do wish to add to version control using negated pattern
+#
+# !example_override.tf
+
+# Include tfplan files to ignore the plan output of command: terraform plan -out=tfplan
+# example: *tfplan*
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+# terraform-aws-elasticache-redis-cluster
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