diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f7c4008
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.pyc
+build/
+src/
+pip-log.txt
+*DS_Store
+*~
+dist/
+avatar.egg-info/