diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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+include LICENSE
+include MANIFEST.in
+include README.rst
+recursive-include conntrackt/static *
+recursive-include conntrackt/templates *
+recursive-include docs *
+recursive-include requirements *
+recursive-exclude * *.py[co]
+recursive-exclude docs/_build
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