diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+.Rproj.user
+.Rhistory
+.RData
+.Ruserdata
+.Rbuildignore
+Positive_16_plants.Rmd
+Positive_16_plants.html
+Positive_16_plants.log
+Positive_16_plants.tex
+Read-and-delete-me
+index_cache
+index_files
+transfer_1274180_files_ed4498f2