diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa0fe3f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+# Ignore data/ and tmp/
+data/
+tmp/
diff --git a/README b/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from README
rename to README.md