Incomplete .gitignore missing common Python entries

[anxkhn]

Context

The .gitignore file only lists venv/, .vscode/, and .idea/. It is missing many common Python entries like __pycache__/, *.pyc, .env, *.egg-info/, dist/, build/, and .pytest_cache/. This means generated files could accidentally be committed to the repository.

Steps to reproduce

1. Open .gitignore.
2. Notice it only contains:

   venv/
   .vscode/
   .idea/
   

3. Run the tests: pytest tests/ -- this creates __pycache__/ and .pytest_cache/ directories.
4. Run git status -- these generated directories show up as untracked files.

Expected behavior

The .gitignore should include standard Python ignores so that generated files do not appear in git status.

Actual behavior

Only 3 entries are present. Common Python artifacts are not ignored.

Files

• .gitignore

Acceptance criteria

• .gitignore includes at least: __pycache__/, *.pyc, .env, .pytest_cache/, *.egg-info/
• Running pytest and then git status does not show generated files
• The existing entries (venv/, .vscode/, .idea/) are preserved

Suggested approach

1. Open .gitignore.
2. Add the missing entries. A good minimal Python .gitignore includes:

   __pycache__/
   *.pyc
   *.pyo
   .env
   .pytest_cache/
   *.egg-info/
   dist/
   build/
   

3. Run git status to verify the generated directories are now ignored.