diff --git a/.github/CODEOWNERS b/.github/CODEOWNERS
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+# Code owners file.
+# This file controls who is tagged for review for any given pull request.
+
+# For anything not explicitly taken by someone else:
+*               @c24t @carlosalberto @Oberon00 @reyang
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*.py[cod]
+*.sw[op]
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Packages
+*.egg
+*.egg-info
+dist
+build
+eggs
+parts
+bin
+var
+sdist
+develop-eggs
+.installed.cfg
+lib
+lib64
+__pycache__
+venv*/
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+.coverage
+.nox
+.tox
+.cache
+htmlcov
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+
+# Mac
+.DS_Store
+
+# Mr Developer
+.mr.developer.cfg
+.project
+.pydevproject
+
+# JetBrains
+.idea
+
+# VSCode
+.vscode