--- a
+++ b/.gitignore
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+.ipynb_checkpoints
+__pycache__
+tmpignore
+build
+dist
+*.egg-info
+
+*.gzip
+zip.ipynb
+paper.old
+
+
+
+#ignore model files, too large
+*.h5
+*.est
+*/images/*.html
+
+#*.html
+*.xlsx
+*.mp
+*.svg
+
+
+
+#ignore large mp object
+CRC_stage.mp
+pan-cancer.mp
+
+# ignore the frames file that generate video
+frames 
+
+
+*/.ipynb_checkpoints/*
+*/__pycache__/*
+*/tempignore/*
+
+*/org_paper/*
+
+