diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+.snakemake*
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+__pycache__
+gurobi.log
+
+/bak
+/resources
+/results
+/networks
+/benchmarks
+/logs
+
+/data/links_p_nom.csv