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Include a .gitignore

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Assessment

Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Newbie friendliness
65/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
git, python
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by reviewing the repository’s existing files and the issue’s suggestion to copy a .gitignore from this project. Add a basic .gitignore appropriate for Python code, keeping it focused rather than using a broad generated template; done means the repository includes that file with the expected Python exclusions.

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Description

We should include a basic .gitignore for python code. Perhaps just copy the .gitignore from this project? Otherwise I like to use gitignore.io but that can be a lot of stuff sometimes.

Dominant language
Python
Stars
21
Forks
4
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