diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..48fe6f88c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+venv/
+
+*.pyc
+__pycache__/
+
+instance/
+
+.pytest_cache/
+.coverage
+htmlcov/
+
+dist/
+build/
+*.egg-info/
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