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+# configure github not to display generated files
+/src/neo4j/_sync/** linguist-generated=true
+/tests/unit/sync_/** linguist-generated=true
+/tests/integration/sync_/** linguist-generated=true
+/testkitbackend/_sync/** linguist-generated=true