Releasing Alpha Code to Git

Author: sumitmsft

.gitignore

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+# Ignore all files in the pybind/build directory
+mssql_python/pybind/build/
+
+mssql_python/pybind/pymsbuild/build/
+
+# Ignore pyd file
+mssql_python/ddbc_bindings.pyd
+
+# Ignore pycache files and folders
+__pycache__/
+**/__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+
+# Ignore pytest cache
+.pytest_cache/
+**/.pytest_cache/
+
+# Ignore log files
+*.log
+
+# Ignore Visual Studio files
+mssql_python/.vs
+.vs
+
+# Ignore test-*.xml files
+test-*.xml
+**/test-**.xml
+
+# Ignore the build & mssql_python.egg-info directories
+build/
+mssql_python.egg-info/

mssql_python/__init__.py

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+"""
+Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+Licensed under the MIT license.
+This module initializes the mssql_python package.
+"""
+
+# Exceptions
+# https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/#exceptions
+from .exceptions import (
+    Warning,
+    Error,
+    InterfaceError,
+    DatabaseError,
+    DataError,
+    OperationalError,
+    IntegrityError,
+    InternalError,
+    ProgrammingError,
+    NotSupportedError,
+)
+
+# Type Objects
+from .type import (
+    Date,
+    Time,
+    Timestamp,
+    DateFromTicks,
+    TimeFromTicks,
+    TimestampFromTicks,
+    Binary,
+    STRING,
+    BINARY,
+    NUMBER,
+    DATETIME,
+    ROWID,
+)
+
+# Connection Objects
+from .connection import Connection
+from .db_connection import connect
+
+# Cursor Objects
+from .cursor import Cursor
+
+# Logging Configuration
+from .logging_config import setup_logging, get_logger
+
+# Constants
+from .constants import ConstantsDDBC
+
+# GLOBALS
+# Read-Only
+apilevel = "2.0"
+paramstyle = "qmark"
+threadsafety = 1