diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+.DS_Store
+*.pyc
+*~
+*.sqlite
+*.sqlite-journal
+settings_local.py
+.build
+build
+.*.sw[po]
+dist/
+*.egg-info
+doc/__build/*
+pip-log.txt
+devdatabase.db
+parts
+eggs
+bin
+developer-eggs
+downloads
+Documentation/*