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+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# pycharm configs
+.idea
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# pyenv
+.python-version
+
+# celery beat schedule file
+celerybeat-schedule
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+
+#Intellij
+vcs.xml
+
+# data generated by parser
+/data
+
+# autogenerated
+/docs/source/reference/
+
+# docs output
+/docs/build/
+
+# Caches
+/.cache
+
+# Emacs
+\#*\#
+.\#*
+
+# JetBrains
+.idea
+
+# Temporary
+*~
+
+*.aux
+*.nav
+*.toc
+*.log
+*.out
+*.blg
+*.bbl
+*.synctex.gz
+*.fdb_latexmk
+*.fls
+*.prv
+*.lot
+*.lof
+/auto
+msc-michal-maciaszek.pdf
+msc-michal-maciaszek.zip
+autozoil-log.txt
+stats.txt
+abstract.txt
+supplement.zip
+the-appendix.pdf
+sentences.txt
+arxiv-msc-michal-maciaszek.pdf
+arxiv-msc-michal-maciaszek.tar.gz
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+variables:
+  PAPER_ID: "msc-michal-maciaszek"
+
+# In order to run via `gitlab-runner exec docker ...` locally,
+# run `./run-gitlab-runner.sh docker ...`.
+# THIS IS AN UGLY WORK-AROUND
+include:
+  - project: 'research/paper-cutter'
+    ref: '4.2.1'
+    file: 'main.yml'
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