diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..7734c9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+HELP.md
+target/
+!.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
+!**/src/main/**/target/
+!**/src/test/**/target/
+
+### STS ###
+.apt_generated
+.classpath
+.factorypath
+.project
+.settings
+.springBeans
+.sts4-cache
+.mvn
+
+### IntelliJ IDEA ###
+.idea
+*.iws
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+
+### NetBeans ###
+/nbproject/private/
+/nbbuild/
+/dist/
+/nbdist/
+/.nb-gradle/
+build/
+!**/src/main/**/build/
+!**/src/test/**/build/
+
+### VS Code ###
+.vscode/
diff --git a/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.gitignore
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index b58b603..0000000
--- a/.idea/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# Default ignored files
-/shelf/
-/workspace.xml
-# Editor-based HTTP Client requests
-/httpRequests/
diff --git a/.idea/flowable-engine.iml b/.idea/flowable-engine.iml
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index 0c8867d..0000000
--- a/.idea/flowable-engine.iml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<module type="WEB_MODULE" version="4">
-  <component name="NewModuleRootManager">
-    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
-      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/temp" />
-      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/.tmp" />
-      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/tmp" />
-    </content>
-    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
-    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
-  </component>
-</module>
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diff --git a/.idea/modules.xml b/.idea/modules.xml
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--- a/.idea/modules.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
-    <modules>
-      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/flowable-engine.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/flowable-engine.iml" />
-    </modules>
-  </component>
-</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
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--- a/.idea/vcs.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
-    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$" vcs="Git" />
-  </component>
-</project>
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