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+# base directory structure
+/exe/
+/lib/
+/obj/
+/bin/
+/doxygen/
+/regtesting/
+/install/
+
+# ignore local arch files not meant to be shared
+/arch/local*
+
+# ensure people are not accidentally committing an old .svnignore when copying their stuff
+.svnignore
+
+# allow folks to create a .clang-format to hide their personal style settings
+.clang-format
+
+# Created by https://www.gitignore.io/api/python,fortran,c,c++,cuda,emacs,vim
+
+### C ###
+# Prerequisites
+*.d
+
+# Object files
+*.o
+*.ko
+*.obj
+*.elf
+
+# Linker output
+*.ilk
+*.map
+*.exp
+
+# Precompiled Headers
+*.gch
+*.pch
+
+# Libraries
+*.lib
+*.a
+*.la
+*.lo
+
+# Shared objects (inc. Windows DLLs)
+*.dll
+*.so
+*.so.*
+*.dylib
+
+# Executables
+*.exe
+*.out
+*.app
+*.i*86
+*.x86_64
+*.hex
+
+# Debug files
+*.dSYM/
+*.su
+*.idb
+*.pdb
+
+# Kernel Module Compile Results
+*.mod*
+*.cmd
+.tmp_versions/
+modules.order
+Module.symvers
+Mkfile.old
+dkms.conf
+
+### C++ ###
+# Prerequisites
+
+# Compiled Object files
+*.slo
+
+# Precompiled Headers
+
+# Compiled Dynamic libraries
+
+# Fortran module files
+*.mod
+*.smod
+
+# Compiled Static libraries
+*.lai
+
+# Executables
+
+### CUDA ###
+*.i
+*.ii
+*.gpu
+*.ptx
+*.cubin
+*.fatbin
+
+### Emacs ###
+# -*- 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
+
+# directory configuration
+.dir-locals.el
+
+### Fortran ###
+# Prerequisites
+
+# Compiled Object files
+
+# Precompiled Headers
+
+# Compiled Dynamic libraries
+
+# Fortran module files
+
+# Compiled Static libraries
+
+# Executables
+
+### Python ###
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# 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
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# pyenv
+.python-version
+
+# celery beat schedule file
+celerybeat-schedule
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+
+### Python Patch ###
+.venv/
+
+### Python.VirtualEnv Stack ###
+# Virtualenv
+# http://iamzed.com/2009/05/07/a-primer-on-virtualenv/
+[Bb]in
+[Ii]nclude
+[Ll]ib
+[Ll]ib64
+[Ll]ocal
+[Ss]cripts
+pyvenv.cfg
+pip-selfcheck.json
+
+### Vim ###
+# Swap
+[._]*.s[a-v][a-z]
+[._]*.sw[a-p]
+[._]s[a-rt-v][a-z]
+[._]ss[a-gi-z]
+[._]sw[a-p]
+
+# Session
+Session.vim
+
+# Temporary
+.netrwhist
+# Auto-generated tag files
+tags
+# Persistent undo
+[._]*.un~
+
+
+# End of https://www.gitignore.io/api/python,fortran,c,c++,cuda,emacs,vim