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+# Ignore all bazel-* symlinks. There is no full list since this can change
+# based on the name of the directory bazel is cloned into.
+/bazel-*
+
+# Build Artifacts
+build/
+dist/
+*.egg-info/
+metadata_store_extension.so
+
+# Compiled grpc/protobuf files
+*_pb2.py
+*_pb2_grpc.py