diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..366196df00a1d1db7b5abf55520197dd574598c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/.Renviron
+/.Rhistory