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+*.tiff
+*.siff
+*.json
+*.ipynb
+*.dict
+*.ref
+*.roi
+*.*roi
+*.csv
+*.h5
+*.hdf5
+*.DS_Store
+.DS_Store
+*.vscode
+siffroi/_version.py
+!/demo_notebooks/*.ipynb
+!/demo_notebooks/demo_data/*.siff
+!/demo_notebooks/demo_data/*.tiff
+
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*__pycache__*
+*.py[cod]
+*.pyc
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+bin/
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+rdict.csv
+flimenv.yml
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