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+# File generated by Pkg, the package manager, based on a corresponding Project.toml
+# It records a fixed state of all packages used by the project. As such, it should not be
+# committed for packages, but should be committed for applications that require a static
+# environment.
+Manifest.toml
+
+# ODINN specific files
+scripts/plots/
+
+# Core dump files 
+*.core
+
+# Files generated by invoking Julia with --code-coverage
+*.jl.cov
+*.jl.*.cov
+
+# Files generated by invoking Julia with --track-allocation
+*.jl.mem
+
+# General files 
+*.a
+*.o
+*.py[co]
+*.so
+.dll
+*.sw[nop]
+*~
+.#*
+[#]*#
+*.tar
+*.tgz
+*.gz
+*.bz2
+.coverage
+.DS_Store
+Untitled*.ipynb
+*.aux
+*.bbl
+*.blg
+*.log
+*.pdf
+__pycache__
+.pytest_cache
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+.vscode
+.gitconfig.local