diff --git a/.github/FUNDING.yml b/.github/FUNDING.yml
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+ko_fi: turboderp
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*.egg-info/
+build/
+
+*.pyc
+__pycache__/
+.idea
+venv
+dist
+
+# produced by `pip install -e .`
+exllamav3_ext.cpython-*.so
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