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+# Generated by Cargo
+# will have compiled files and executables
+**/target
+
+# Remove Cargo.lock from gitignore if creating an executable, leave it for libraries
+# More information here https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/guide/cargo-toml-vs-cargo-lock.html
+Cargo.lock
+
+# These are backup files generated by rustfmt
+**/*.rs.bk
+
+# MSVC Windows builds of rustc generate these, which store debugging information
+*.pdb
+
+# ignore VIM swap files
+*.swp
+*.swo
+
+# Misc
+.DS_Store
+
+# Website 
+/website/node_modules
+/website/build
+/website/.env.local
+/website/.env.development.local
+/website/.env.test.local
+/website/.env.production.local
+/website/npm-debug.log*
+/website/yarn-debug.log*
+/website/yarn-error.log*
+/website/.docusaurus
+/website/.cache-loader