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+.git
+.venv
+**/node_modules
+**/__pycache__
+*.pyc
+.mypy_cache
+.ruff_cache
+.pytest_cache
+.pi
+.ely_eye
+artifacts
+bench/corpus
+bench/runs
+bench/sets/corpus
+frontend/dist
+.github
+Gaps.md
+CHECKLIST.md