diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..62cbd82e85cc57c0a0b2c7e192756f6192e586fb
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+# Ignore Python temporary files
+*.pyc
+__pycache__
\ No newline at end of file