diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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-*.egg-info
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-*.swp
-*.db-journal
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-.coverage
-.DS_Store
-.installed.cfg
-_gh_pages/*
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-.idea/*
-.svn/*
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-src/website/media/*
-
-bin
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-dist
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-.sass-cache
-node_modules
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-src/website/settingslocal.py
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-.ruby-version