diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6d46ac33723b460b8a0fccd02b28989fd7955893
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+tags
+*.pyc
+__pycache__/
+*.pyo
+*.bak
+*.swp
+*.egg-info/
+dist/
+build/