diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+reference/
+.venv/
diff --git a/.python-version b/.python-version
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.python-version
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+3.12