diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0afc45d
--- /dev/null
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+.*
+tests/*_pb2*.py
+__pycache__/*
+*.egg-info
+build/*
+dist/*
+*.pyc
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