diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..036ac49
--- /dev/null
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+*.pyc
+dist
+.tox
+__pycache__
+*.egg-info
+MANIFEST
+.coverage
+coverage.xml
+nose2-junit.xml
+msl_test_scratch
+