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+# no mac stuff in the git
+.AppleDouble
+.LSOverride
+.DS_Store
+**/.DS_Store
+__MACOSX
+**/__MACOSX
+
+# no windows stuff either
+desktop.ini
+**/desktop.ini
+
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+.pytest_cache/
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+env/
+# build/ # commented due to some strangeness with Docker/circle setup
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+build/lib*
+build/temp*
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+pip-wheel-metadata/
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+auth/
+secrets.py
+local_settings.py
+
+*.swp