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index a6190ae..0000000
--- a/_mac/abbreviations.xml
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<application>
-  <component name="AbbreviationManager">
-    <abbreviations />
-  </component>
-</application>
-
diff --git a/_mac/path.macros.xml b/_mac/path.macros.xml
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index 3974b97..0000000
--- a/_mac/path.macros.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<application>
-  <component name="PathMacrosImpl">
-    <macro name="http_proxy" value="http://wwwcache.open.ac.uk:80" />
-    <ignoredMacro name="MESSAGE" />
-    <ignoredMacro name="FILE_PATH" />
-    <ignoredMacro name="LINE" />
-    <ignoredMacro name="COLUMN" />
-  </component>
-</application>
-
diff --git a/code.style.schemes.xml b/code.style.schemes.xml
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index 5754d1f..0000000
--- a/code.style.schemes.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<application>
-  <component name="CodeStyleSchemeSettings">
-    <option name="CURRENT_SCHEME_NAME" value="Default (2)" />
-  </component>
-</application>
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diff --git a/colors.scheme.xml b/colors.scheme.xml
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index 6ff5758..0000000
--- a/colors.scheme.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<application>
-  <component name="EditorColorsManagerImpl">
-    <option name="USE_ONLY_MONOSPACED_FONTS" value="false" />
-    <global_color_scheme name="Monokai copy" />
-  </component>
-</application>
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diff --git a/diff.xml b/diff.xml
index c0e7faa..56b239e 100644
--- a/diff.xml
+++ b/diff.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <application>
-  <component name="DiffManager" COMPARISON_POLICY="Ignore spaces" />
   <component name="TextDiffSettings">
     <option name="PLACES_MAP">
       <entry key="Default">
diff --git a/editor.codeinsight.xml b/editor.codeinsight.xml
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index f2d706f..0000000
--- a/editor.codeinsight.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-<application>
-  <component name="CodeInsightSettings">
-    <option name="REFORMAT_ON_PASTE" value="2" />
-    <option name="HIGHLIGHT_SCOPE" value="true" />
-  </component>
-  <component name="DaemonCodeAnalyzerSettings">
-    <option name="NEXT_ERROR_ACTION_GOES_TO_ERRORS_FIRST" value="false" />
-    <option name="SHOW_METHOD_SEPARATORS" value="true" />
-    <option name="ERROR_STRIPE_MARK_MIN_HEIGHT" value="3" />
-  </component>
-</application>
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diff --git a/editor.xml b/editor.xml
index 70861f1..85477e7 100644
--- a/editor.xml
+++ b/editor.xml
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 <application>
-  <component name="EditorSettings">
-    <option name="USE_SOFT_WRAPS" value="CONSOLE" />
-    <option name="STRIP_TRAILING_SPACES" value="Whole" />
-    <option name="IS_ENSURE_NEWLINE_AT_EOF" value="true" />
-  </component>
   <component name="TodoConfiguration">
     <pattern pattern="\btodo\b.*" />
   </component>
diff --git a/filetypes.xml b/filetypes.xml
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index 26f77ec..0000000
--- a/filetypes.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-<application>
-  <component name="FileTypeManager" version="17">
-    <ignoreFiles list="*.hprof;*.orig;*.pyc;*.pyo;*.rbc;*~;.DS_Store;.git;.hg;.svn;CVS;RCS;SCCS;__pycache__;_svn;rcs;" />
-    <extensionMap>
-      <mapping ext="asa" type="ASP" />
-      <mapping pattern="reset" type="CSS" />
-      <mapping pattern="scafold" type="CSS" />
-      <mapping pattern="DockerFile" type="Dockerfile" />
-      <mapping ext="scratch" type="Markdown" />
-      <mapping pattern="_bash_profile_osx" type="PLAIN_TEXT" />
-      <mapping pattern="Makefile" type="PLAIN_TEXT" />
-      <mapping pattern="Fastlane" type="PLAIN_TEXT" />
-      <mapping pattern="scratch" type="PLAIN_TEXT" />
-      <mapping pattern="appfile" type="PLAIN_TEXT" />
-      <mapping pattern=".edditorconfig" type="PLAIN_TEXT" />
-      <mapping pattern="Appfile" type="PLAIN_TEXT" />
-      <mapping pattern="htpasswd" type="PLAIN_TEXT" />
-      <mapping pattern=".keep" type="PLAIN_TEXT" />
-      <mapping pattern=".jscrc" type="PLAIN_TEXT" />
-      <mapping pattern="_nanorc" type="PLAIN_TEXT" />
-      <mapping pattern="temp" type="PLAIN_TEXT" />
-      <mapping pattern=".pgpass" type="PLAIN_TEXT" />
-      <mapping pattern=".editorconfig" type="PLAIN_TEXT" />
-      <mapping ext="conf" type="PLAIN_TEXT" />
-      <mapping ext="list" type="PLAIN_TEXT" />
-      <mapping ext="old" type="PLAIN_TEXT" />
-      <mapping ext="lzw" type="PLAIN_TEXT" />
-    </extensionMap>
-  </component>
-</application>
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diff --git a/notifications.xml b/notifications.xml
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index d4b98b3..0000000
--- a/notifications.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-<application>
-  <component name="NotificationConfiguration">
-    <notification groupId="Browser Connection" displayType="STICKY_BALLOON" />
-    <notification groupId="Browser Extension requested to be installed" />
-    <notification groupId="Common Version Control Messages" displayType="TOOL_WINDOW" />
-    <notification groupId="Database Navigator" displayType="TOOL_WINDOW" />
-    <notification groupId="Debugger messages" displayType="TOOL_WINDOW" shouldLog="false" />
-    <notification groupId="Error Report" />
-    <notification groupId="Execution" displayType="NONE" />
-    <notification groupId="Express Project Generator" />
-    <notification groupId="External Executable Critical Failures" displayType="TOOL_WINDOW" />
-    <notification groupId="File type recognized" />
-    <notification groupId="Git Important Errors" displayType="STICKY_BALLOON" />
-    <notification groupId="Git Important Messages" displayType="STICKY_BALLOON" />
-    <notification groupId="Git Messages" displayType="TOOL_WINDOW" />
-    <notification groupId="Git Minor Notifications" />
-    <notification groupId="IDE Fatal Errors" displayType="NONE" />
-    <notification groupId="IDE Usage Statistics" displayType="STICKY_BALLOON" />
-    <notification groupId="Indexing" />
-    <notification groupId="JavaScript debugger" displayType="TOOL_WINDOW" shouldLog="false" />
-    <notification groupId="JavaScript Library Management" displayType="STICKY_BALLOON" />
-    <notification groupId="Mercurial" displayType="NONE" />
-    <notification groupId="Mercurial Important Messages" displayType="STICKY_BALLOON" />
-    <notification groupId="Mercurial Messages" displayType="TOOL_WINDOW" />
-    <notification groupId="Node.js Boilerplate Project Generator" displayType="STICKY_BALLOON" />
-    <notification groupId="Node.js Project Detector" />
-    <notification groupId="Plugins Lifecycle Group" />
-    <notification groupId="Reformat Code" />
-    <notification groupId="System" displayType="STICKY_BALLOON" shouldLog="false" />
-    <notification groupId="Test Runner" displayType="NONE" />
-    <notification groupId="Update Checker" displayType="STICKY_BALLOON" />
-    <notification groupId="update.available.group" />
-    <notification groupId="Upgrade Subscription Renewal" displayType="STICKY_BALLOON" />
-    <notification groupId="Vcs Important Messages" displayType="STICKY_BALLOON" />
-    <notification groupId="Vcs Minor Notifications" />
-    <notification groupId="Web Deployment" displayType="TOOL_WINDOW" shouldLog="false" />
-  </component>
-</application>
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diff --git a/proxy.settings.xml b/proxy.settings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index e6cf15e..0000000
--- a/proxy.settings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<application>
-  <component name="HttpConfigurable">
-    <option name="PROXY_HOST" value="http://wwwcache.open.ac.uk" />
-    <option name="PROXY_LOGIN" value="" />
-    <option name="PROXY_EXCEPTIONS" value="" />
-    <option name="PAC_URL" value="" />
-  </component>
-</application>
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diff --git a/remote-servers.xml b/remote-servers.xml
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index 2ccbc7e..0000000
--- a/remote-servers.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-<application>
-  <component name="RemoteServers">
-    <remote-server name="Docker" type="docker">
-      <configuration email="">
-        <option name="certificatesPath" value="C:\Users\Martin\.docker\machine\machines\default" />
-      </configuration>
-    </remote-server>
-    <remote-server name="AWS ElasticBeanstalk" type="awselasticbeanstalk">
-      <configuration access-key="AKIAJWJS75F7WNCGK64A" region-url="elasticbeanstalk.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com" secret-key="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" />
-    </remote-server>
-  </component>
-</application>
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diff --git a/terminal.xml b/terminal.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ab44edd..0000000
--- a/terminal.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-<application>
-  <component name="TerminalOptionsProvider">
-    <option name="myShellPath" value="sh" />
-  </component>
-</application>
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diff --git a/xpath.xml b/xpath.xml
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index 179d510..0000000
--- a/xpath.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-<application>
-  <component name="XPathView.XPathViewPlugin">
-    <option name="attributes">
-      <TextAttributes />
-    </option>
-    <option name="contextAttributes">
-      <TextAttributes />
-    </option>
-  </component>
-</application>
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