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+# -- Docker-specific ignores --
+
+# bionemo related
+results/
+
+# we copy over docs/ into the image for notebook testing, but can skip the images for space
+docs/docs/assets
+
+# -- .gitignore settings --
+docs/site/
+
+# Local configs
+.gitconfig
+.bash_history
+.vscode-server
+.gnupg
+
+# Lightning and project output files
+lightning_logs
+
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+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/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+.dotnet
+.local
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+MNISTCustom/
+
+# Python debugging
+.pdbhistory
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+docs/_static/
+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# pyenv
+.python-version
+
+# celery beat schedule file
+celerybeat-schedule
+
+# dotenv
+.env
+.env.*
+.ssh
+.ssh/*
+.triton
+.triton/*
+
+# virtualenv
+venv/
+ENV/
+env/
+.env/
+.venv/
+.ENV/
+.envrc
+python_env/
+venv.bak/
+venv.bak2/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+
+# Pyre type checker
+.pyre/
+
+# PyCharm
+.idea/
+*.iml
+*.ipr
+*.iws
+
+# Temporary files
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*~
+*#
+.viminfo
+.lesshst
+
+# macOS
+.DS_Store
+
+# Build system
+.pytest_cache/
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+
+# Ignore local directories
+local/
+
+# Logs
+*.log
+
+# Tests
+tests/__pycache__/
+
+# Generated files
+*.egg-info/
+.eggs/
+
+# Build files
+build/
+dist/
+
+# Coverage reports
+.coverage
+coverage.xml
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# System files
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+.python_history