diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*.html
+data/multiqc_data
diff --git a/data/.gitkeep b/data/.gitkeep
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index 0000000..e69de29