diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ccedb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+.idea/
+*.pyc
+
+# this folders are here in case you directly mount it inside the synchronzier container
+xos/synchronizer/ansible_runner
+xos/synchronizer/sys/
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