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+# Compiled python modules.
+*.pyc
+
+# Setuptools distribution and build folders.
+/dist/
+/build/
+
+# Python egg metadata, regenerated from source files by setuptools.
+/*.egg-info
+
+# Backups
+*~
+# Vim swap files
+*.swp
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+# Utilities to generate stats and graphs from reads.
+
+This is a very preliminary version, with very few utilities.
+
+
+## Installing
+
+Get the source using `git clone git@gitlab.pasteur.fr:bli/libreads.git`, `cd` into it and run `python3 -m pip install .`
+
+It might also work directly:
+
+    python3 -m pip install git+ssh://git@gitlab.pasteur.fr/bli/libreads.git
+