diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 82fe218..ca3f34a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,17 @@
 .Rhistory
 .RData
 *.rds
+
+# History files
+.Rhistory
+.Rapp.history
+
+# Example code in package build process
+*-Ex.R
+
+# RStudio files
+.Rproj.user/
+
+# produced vignettes
+vignettes/*.html
+vignettes/*.pdf
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9277a0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# wwc2015