diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b6a0652566d10360493952aec6d4a4febc77083..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-.Rproj.user
-.Rhistory
-.RData
-.Ruserdata