diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..6eb27cf
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.pyc
+__pycache__
+PKG-INFO
+requires.txt
+SOURCES.txt
+dependency_links.txt
+top_level.txt