diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1b3050a55c71e94952851aa491bf15d014d57f02
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+.Rproj.user
+.Rhistory
+.RData
+.Ruserdata
+*.json
+*.RProj
+*.js
+*.xlsx
+*.nc
+*.txt
+*.csv
+test_app.R
+test_json_create.R
+ebv_metadata.R
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