diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5b6a0652..db117e0f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 .Rhistory
 .RData
 .Ruserdata
+mrcommons.Rproj
diff --git a/mrcommons.Rproj b/mrcommons.Rproj
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d298e35..00000000
--- a/mrcommons.Rproj
+++ /dev/null
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