diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..ba5481e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.yml
+*.yaml
+*__pycache__*
+*_ext*
+/output
+*.cu.o
+/data
+**/build
+*.png
+**/*.egg-info
+**/dist
+tools/gt_database/