commit 2f7270f28a66fff455f94771866cba3dd31da083
Author: gdkar <gdkar@noreply.localhost>
Date:   Mon Mar 25 15:16:50 2024 -0400

    Initial commit

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# ---> JupyterNotebooks
+# gitignore template for Jupyter Notebooks
+# website: http://jupyter.org/
+
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+*/.ipynb_checkpoints/*
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# Remove previous ipynb_checkpoints
+#   git rm -r .ipynb_checkpoints/
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# external-docs
+
+repo for externally visible documentation and files
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