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+*.pyc
+
+## Some people use MacOS
+.DS_Store
+
+## Some text editors often create these
+~.*
+*~
+.#*
+
+## Files generated by setuptools and friends
+/.eggs
+/BeamDelta.egg-info
+/build
+/dist
+/.tox
+/.mypy_cache
+/.pytest_cache