diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d8f8d46..426497b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,8 @@
 docs
+
+# Build artifacts (R CMD build/INSTALL/check output)
+*.Rcheck/
+*.tar.gz
+*.tgz
+.RData
+.Rhistory