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+# --- Secrets & Konfiguration ---
+.env
+.env.local
+*.secret
+
+# --- Python Bytecode & Cache ---
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+*.so
+
+# --- Virtuelle Umgebungen ---
+.venv/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# --- IDE & Editor-Dateien ---
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*~
+
+# --- Distribution / Packaging (falls später gebaut wird) ---
+build/
+dist/
+*.egg-info/
+.eggs/
+
+# --- Test- & Coverage-Artefakte ---
+.pytest_cache/
+.coverage
+htmlcov/