diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..807ea251739a053faee6d72fe9dc3ae80d80cc15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.Rproj.user
+.Rhistory
+.RData