.gitignore

# Ignore jupyter notebook checkpoint folders
.ipynb_checkpoints/

# Ignoring test.py because it's a test file (scratch stuff)
test.py

# Ignore vscode local configuration (if used)
.vscode/

# This directory contains Python's compiled bytecode files, and can be ignored to prevent version control conflicts.
__pycache__/

# This wildcard expression matches compiled Python files and can be ignored to prevent version control conflicts.
*.pyc 

# This wildcard expression matches optimized Python files and can be ignored to prevent version control conflicts.
*.pyo

# This directory contains the Conda environment and should be ignored to avoid tracking environment-specific files.
env/

# This file is created by macOS to store folder-specific metadata, and can be safely ignored.
.DS_Store

# This directory is created by PyCharm and can be ignored if you are using a different IDE.
.idea/

# This wildcard expression matches log files and can be ignored to prevent version control conflicts.
*.log

# This directory contains metadata about Python packages installed using pip and can be ignored to prevent version control conflicts.
*.egg-info/

# This wildcard expression matches original files and can be ignored to prevent version control conflicts.
*.orig