diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# general things to ignore
+build/
+dist/
+venv/
+*.egg-info/
+*.egg
+*.py[cod]
+__pycache__/
+*.so
+*~
+
+# due to using tox and pytest
+.tox
+.cache