diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..036d06a7259a6fb90a91c5110082b744c000ccbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.pyc
+*egg-info
+*.swp
+__pycache__/
+models/