diff --git a/.idea/.gitignore b/.idea/.gitignore
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--- a/.idea/.gitignore
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-# Default ignored files
-/shelf/
-/workspace.xml
diff --git a/.idea/compiler.xml b/.idea/compiler.xml
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index a1a261c5e..000000000
--- a/.idea/compiler.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="CompilerConfiguration">
-    <annotationProcessing>
-      <profile name="Maven default annotation processors profile" enabled="true">
-        <sourceOutputDir name="target/generated-sources/annotations" />
-        <sourceTestOutputDir name="target/generated-test-sources/test-annotations" />
-        <outputRelativeToContentRoot value="true" />
-        <module name="TrackMate" />
-      </profile>
-    </annotationProcessing>
-  </component>
-</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/encodings.xml b/.idea/encodings.xml
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index aa00ffab7..000000000
--- a/.idea/encodings.xml
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="Encoding">
-    <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/java" charset="UTF-8" />
-    <file url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/src/main/resources" charset="UTF-8" />
-  </component>
-</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/jarRepositories.xml b/.idea/jarRepositories.xml
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--- a/.idea/jarRepositories.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="RemoteRepositoriesConfiguration">
-    <remote-repository>
-      <option name="id" value="central" />
-      <option name="name" value="Central Repository" />
-      <option name="url" value="https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2" />
-    </remote-repository>
-    <remote-repository>
-      <option name="id" value="central" />
-      <option name="name" value="Maven Central repository" />
-      <option name="url" value="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2" />
-    </remote-repository>
-    <remote-repository>
-      <option name="id" value="jboss.community" />
-      <option name="name" value="JBoss Community repository" />
-      <option name="url" value="https://repository.jboss.org/nexus/content/repositories/public/" />
-    </remote-repository>
-    <remote-repository>
-      <option name="id" value="scijava.public" />
-      <option name="name" value="scijava.public" />
-      <option name="url" value="https://maven.scijava.org/content/groups/public" />
-    </remote-repository>
-  </component>
-</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/misc.xml b/.idea/misc.xml
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index 868906cb8..000000000
--- a/.idea/misc.xml
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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="ExternalStorageConfigurationManager" enabled="true" />
-  <component name="MavenProjectsManager">
-    <option name="originalFiles">
-      <list>
-        <option value="$PROJECT_DIR$/pom.xml" />
-      </list>
-    </option>
-  </component>
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_1_8" default="true" project-jdk-name="corretto-1.8" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK" />
-</project>
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diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
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index 35eb1ddfb..000000000
--- a/.idea/vcs.xml
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@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project version="4">
-  <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
-    <mapping directory="" vcs="Git" />
-  </component>
-</project>
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