diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
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-syntax:glob
-
-*.egg-info
-*.pot
-*.py[co]
-__pycache__
-MANIFEST
-dist/
-docs/_build/
-docs/locale/
-node_modules/
-tests/coverage_html/
-tests/.coverage
-build/
-tests/report/