diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9096cf6a3b8e21dbf4dc8cbd3fd2be485846b241
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.pyc
+*.egg-info
+.coverage
+.tox
+htmlcov