diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+.coverage
+build/
+dist/
+docs/_*
+tupak.egg-info/
+MANIFEST
+*.pyc
+*.png
+*.h5
+*.h5.old
+*.txt
+*.log
+*.dat
+*.version
+*.ipynb_checkpoints
+outdir/*
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