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+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+### Added from: 
+###   https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/Python.gitignore
+### on 10/7/2016
+
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+env/
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*,cover
+.hypothesis/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
+# IPython Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# pyenv
+.python-version
+
+# celery beat schedule file
+celerybeat-schedule
+
+# dotenv
+.env
+
+# virtualenv
+.venv/
+venv/
+ENV/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+### Added from: 
+###   https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/Global/Vim.gitignore
+### on 10/7/2016
+# swap
+[._]*.s[a-w][a-z]
+[._]s[a-w][a-z]
+# session
+Session.vim
+# temporary
+.netrwhist
+*~
+# auto-generated tag files
+tags
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+### Added from: 
+###   https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/Global/Emacs.gitignore
+### on 10/7/2016
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
+
+# -*- mode: gitignore; -*-
+*~
+\#*\#
+/.emacs.desktop
+/.emacs.desktop.lock
+*.elc
+auto-save-list
+tramp
+.\#*
+
+# Org-mode
+.org-id-locations
+*_archive
+
+# flymake-mode
+*_flymake.*
+
+# eshell files
+/eshell/history
+/eshell/lastdir
+
+# elpa packages
+/elpa/
+
+# reftex files
+*.rel
+
+# AUCTeX auto folder
+/auto/
+
+# cask packages
+.cask/
+dist/
+
+# Flycheck
+flycheck_*.el
+
+# server auth directory
+/server/
+
+# projectiles files
+.projectile