diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13dbbcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*~
+*.egg
+*.egg-info
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+*.swp
+.DS_Store
+.coverage
+.tox/
+MANIFEST
+build/
+docs/.build/
+dist/
+env*/
+htmlcov/
+tmp/
+coverage.xml
+junit.xml