diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# build/test artifacts
+.DS_Store
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+build/
+*.egg-info/
+*.dist-info/
+*.whl
+logs/
+*.log
+.idea/
+~$*
+models/mysql.ddl.sql
+*.pid
+init/