diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*.pyc
+*.so
+*.egg-info
+*.whl
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+/bazel-*
+.jax_configure.bazelrc
+.DS_Store
+.mypy_cache/
+__pycache__
+.pytype/
+*_pb2.py
+.idea
+.vscode
+.envrc
+.bazelrc.user
+.python-version
+*.venv
+/venv/