diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4ff829f416dd7637f2af142538a405a792ec3994
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.Rproj     
+.Rhistory                  
+.Rproj.*
\ No newline at end of file