Add .gitignore to repo

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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 reading automate_git.py and test_automate_git.py to identify the files they generate or modify when run. Add a .gitignore at the repository root covering those generated files, then run the relevant scripts or tests and confirm the generated artifacts are ignored by Git.

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Description

code refactoring good first issue help wanted

Current Behaviour

.gitignore does not exist

Changes Requested

Add .gitignore file to root of repo to ignore any generated files from running automate_git.py and test_automate_git.py.
To prevent someone committing unnecessary files to the repo.

Dominant language
Python
Stars
8
Forks
8
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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