diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..52c1c38f0faf71d9eefc7635c87b63d7ab4fa1c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+.Rproj.user
+.Rhistory
+.RData
+.Ruserdata
+*.Rproj
\ No newline at end of file