diff --git a/examples/101-vm-simple-linux/.gitignore b/examples/101-vm-simple-linux/.gitignore
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index 0000000000..352c8a2b9b
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+++ b/examples/101-vm-simple-linux/.gitignore
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+terraform.tfstate*
+terraform.tfvars*
+creds.tf*