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-# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
-__pycache__/
-*.py[cod]
-
-# Log files
-**/*.log
-
-# Hidden files
-.*
-!/.github
-!/.gitignore
-!/.travis.yml
-!/.gitlab-ci.yml
-
-# Temporary files
-*.bak
-
-# Data dir
-data/*
-*.db
-
-# Virtualenv
-env/*
-
-# Tor data
-tools/tor/data
-
-# PhantomJS, downloaded manually for unit tests
-tools/phantomjs
-
-# ZeroNet config file
-zeronet.conf
-
-# ZeroNet log files
-log/*