diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
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+recursive-exclude aider/website/examples *
+recursive-exclude aider/website/_posts *
+exclude aider/website/HISTORY.md
+exclude aider/website/docs/benchmarks*.md
+exclude aider/website/docs/ctags.md
+exclude aider/website/docs/unified-diffs.md
+exclude aider/website/docs/leaderboards/index.md
+recursive-exclude aider/website/assets *
+global-exclude .DS_Store