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-docs/examples
-# virtual environment
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-# eggs
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-dev
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-**/*cache*
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-.coverage
-coverage.xml
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-.idea
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-docs/api
-docs/_build
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-.ipynb_checkpoints
-*/.ipynb_checkpoints/*
-*/lightning_logs/*
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-.DS_Store
-.vscode
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-*.pyc
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-*.sublime*
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-Pipfile
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