# Ignore Mac system files 
.DS_Store

# Ignore Python cache files
__pycache__/
*.__pycache__

# Ignore VS Code settings
.vscode/
tempCodeRunnerFile.py
tempCodeRunnerFile.python


# Ignore Test related files 
*.egg-info/
.pytest_cache/

# Ignore personal files 
*.ipynb
.env

# Ignore all the files not needed for the packaging 
model
output


# Ignore non functional approaches 
non_functional_approaches

# Ignore data files (Too large to include in the repo)
data
in_progress
