# Local environments & build artifacts (platform-specific)
venv/
build/
dist/
wheelhouse/
_skbuild/
*.egg-info/

# Caches and compiled files (any level)
**/__pycache__/
**/*.py[cod]
**/*.so
**/*.pyd
**/.DS_Store

# Generated docs output
docs/_build/

# Root dot-files and dot-directories 
.*

# Only README.md is needed at the root (pyproject readme); skip other top-level notes
/*.md
!/README.md
