diff --git a/include/spdlog/contrib/README.md b/include/spdlog/contrib/README.md
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+Please put here your contribs. Popular contribs will be moved to main tree after stablization
diff --git a/include/spdlog/contrib/sinks/.gitignore b/include/spdlog/contrib/sinks/.gitignore
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+