diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 *.pyg
 .env
 .snakemake
+thesis.pdf
 __pycache__/
 .ipynb_checkpoints/
 data/benchmark/data/*
diff --git a/docs/thesis.pdf b/docs/thesis.pdf
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