diff --git a/.authorspellings b/.authorspellings
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--- hints for darcs show author
-Tim Docker <tim@dockerz.net>
-Nick Ingolia <nick@ingolia.org>
-Marko Kocić <marko.kocic@gmail.com>
-Oliver Braun <ob@obraun.net>
-Gwern Branwen <gwern0@gmail.com>
-Michael Snoyman <michael@snoyman.com>
-Trygve Laugstøl <trygvis@inamo.no>
diff --git a/.boring b/.boring
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-# Boring file regexps:
-
-### compiler and interpreter intermediate files
-# haskell (ghc) interfaces
-\.hi$
-\.hi-boot$
-\.o-boot$
-# object files
-\.o$
-\.o\.cmd$
-# profiling haskell
-\.p_hi$
-\.p_o$
-# haskell program coverage resp. profiling info
-\.tix$
-\.prof$
-# fortran module files
-\.mod$
-# linux kernel
-\.ko\.cmd$
-\.mod\.c$
-(^|/)\.tmp_versions($|/)
-# *.ko files aren't boring by default because they might
-# be Korean translations rather than kernel modules
-# \.ko$
-# python, emacs, java byte code
-\.py[co]$
-\.elc$
-\.class$
-# objects and libraries; lo and la are libtool things
-\.(obj|a|exe|so|lo|la)$
-# compiled zsh configuration files
-\.zwc$
-# Common LISP output files for CLISP and CMUCL
-\.(fas|fasl|sparcf|x86f)$
-
-### build and packaging systems
-# cabal intermediates
-\.installed-pkg-config
-\.setup-config
-# standard cabal build dir, might not be boring for everybody
-# ^dist(/|$)
-# autotools
-(^|/)autom4te\.cache($|/)
-(^|/)config\.(log|status)$
-# microsoft web expression, visual studio metadata directories
-\_vti_cnf$
-\_vti_pvt$
-# gentoo tools
-\.revdep-rebuild.*
-# generated dependencies
-^\.depend$
-
-### version control systems
-# cvs
-(^|/)CVS($|/)
-\.cvsignore$
-# cvs, emacs locks
-^\.#
-# rcs
-(^|/)RCS($|/)
-,v$
-# subversion
-(^|/)\.svn($|/)
-# mercurial
-(^|/)\.hg($|/)
-# git
-(^|/)\.git($|/)
-(^|/)\.gitignore($|/)
-# bzr
-\.bzr$
-# sccs
-(^|/)SCCS($|/)
-# darcs
-(^|/)_darcs($|/)
-(^|/)\.darcsrepo($|/)
-^\.darcs-temp-mail$
--darcs-backup[[:digit:]]+$
-# gnu arch
-(^|/)(\+|,)
-(^|/)vssver\.scc$
-\.swp$
-(^|/)MT($|/)
-(^|/)\{arch\}($|/)
-(^|/).arch-ids($|/)
-# bitkeeper
-(^|/)BitKeeper($|/)
-(^|/)ChangeSet($|/)
-
-### miscellaneous
-# backup files
-~$
-\.bak$
-\.BAK$
-# patch originals and rejects
-\.orig$
-\.rej$
-# X server
-\..serverauth.*
-# image spam
-\#
-(^|/)Thumbs\.db$
-# vi, emacs tags
-(^|/)(tags|TAGS)$
-#(^|/)\.[^/]
-# core dumps
-(^|/|\.)core$
-# partial broken files (KIO copy operations)
-\.part$
-# waf files, see http://code.google.com/p/waf/
-(^|/)\.waf-[[:digit:].]+-[[:digit:]]+($|/)
-(^|/)\.lock-wscript$
-# mac os finder
-(^|/)\.DS_Store$
-
-
-# cabal stuff
-(^|/)dist$
-
-# profiles etc.
-(^|/)profs($|/)
-
-# compiled tools
-tools/doctest$
-tools/generateledger
-tools/simplifyprof
-
-# site stuff not explicitly added
-site/.*
-
-# compiled binaries
-bin/*
-
-# branch repos
-(^|/)b[[:digit:]]+
-
-# yesod stuff
-(^|/)static/tmp
-client_session_key.aes