If the .gitignore file is inlcuded in another project, it may be feasible to have a reference to origin.
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## Ignore Visual Studio temporary files, build results, and
## files generated by popular Visual Studio add-ons.
+##
+## Get latest from https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/VisualStudio.gitignore
# User-specific files
*.suo