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+# Stale kitty kitten-themes auto file (apex v1 colors). kitty auto-loads
+# *-theme.auto.conf based on the OS light/dark setting, which overrode the
+# v2 `include themes/apex-neon.conf`. Dropped from source in 8db3831 but it
+# lingered on machines where it was already deployed.
+.config/kitty/dark-theme.auto.conf
+.config/kitty/light-theme.auto.conf
+.config/kitty/no-preference-theme.auto.conf