diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9be797525..3e3ae1c07 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # A simulation of Subversion default ignores, generated by reposurgeon.
+
 *.o
 *.lo
 *.la
@@ -31,3 +32,84 @@
 # log files
 *.log
 *.log.*
+
+# Adapted from https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Python.gitignore
+
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+cover/
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+docs/_autosummary/
+docs/_static/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+
+# ruff
+.ruff_cache/
+
+# vscode settings
+.vscode/
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