diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ doc/plot_types
 doc/pyplots/tex_demo.png
 doc/tutorials
 lib/dateutil
+examples/*/*.bmp
 examples/*/*.eps
 examples/*/*.pdf
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