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I'm compiling my document with pdflatex and bibtex, using the following command:

pdflatex main && bibtex main && pdflatex main && pdflatex main

This generated a couple of LaTeX file as expected, but I have a new *.pag file that wasn't in the TeX gitignore file recommended here. And also this is the first time I'm seeing it too:

➜  paper_ijnmf git:(main) ✗ ls
AMA-stix  main.bbl  main.log  main.pdf  NJDnatbib.sty  references.bib    WileyNJD-v2.cls
main.aux  main.blg  main.pag  main.tex  README.md      WileyNJD-AMA.bst

What is PAG file? Can I exclude it from version control?

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    Since you show nothing of your document how are we suppose to know what it is. You seem to be on mac or Linux, have you tried running file on it or even had a look inside via cat
    – daleif
    Oct 5, 2020 at 19:03
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    WileyNJD-v2.cls opens a file \jobname.pag (line 1265) to write some information on the page numbers. I guess, you could ignore it...
    – DG'
    Oct 5, 2020 at 20:07
  • @DG' thanks I think that's the case. You can turn the comment into the answer and I will accept it.
    – Quang Thinh Ha
    Oct 5, 2020 at 23:07

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The .pag-file is created by the document class WileyNJD-v2.cls, it opens a file called \jobname.pag on line 1265, which contains some information on the page numbering.

It's save to add it to your .gitignore-file

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