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 # The cutover rehearsal writes its fixture and state here.
-tools/fork/cutover-rehearsal/__pycache__/
 tools/fork/cutover-rehearsal/before.json
 tools/fork/cutover-rehearsal/phase2_notes.json
-tools/fork/__pycache__/
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+# Python's bytecode cache, wherever the tools run from.
+__pycache__/
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