diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4c78b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
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+# User-specific stuff
+.idea/
+src/msg.json
+# virtualenv
+venv/
+ENV/
+### Python template
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+~
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
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+ ## CLARA CristaLlina AlvRA TR-SX Data Processing