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+# IDE-related
+.pydevproject
+.project
+
+# Local repositories dor dev mode
+services/api-gateway/esap-api-gateway
+services/gui/esap-gui
+
+# Local certificates
+services/proxy/certificates
+
+# Local docker compose
+docker-compose.yml