# ==============================================
# .gitignore for Economics Research Projects
# ==============================================
# Copy this file to your project root and rename it to .gitignore
# Then run: git add .gitignore && git commit -m "Add .gitignore for economics project"
# ==============================================

# ------------------------------------------
# Data files
# ------------------------------------------
# These are typically too large for Git and should be stored
# separately (e.g., Box, Dropbox, or a data repository).
# Your README should document where to find the data.
*.dta
*.csv
*.xlsx
*.xls
*.sav
*.rds
*.rda
*.parquet
*.feather
*.h5
*.hdf5
*.pkl

# ------------------------------------------
# Stata output files
# ------------------------------------------
# Log files change every time you run code, so they create
# noisy commit histories. Re-generate them from do-files instead.
*.log
*.smcl

# ------------------------------------------
# R output and environment
# ------------------------------------------
.Rhistory
.RData
.Rproj.user/

# ------------------------------------------
# LaTeX auxiliary files
# ------------------------------------------
# These are generated during compilation and can always be
# recreated from the .tex source files.
*.aux
*.bbl
*.blg
*.fls
*.fdb_latexmk
*.synctex.gz
*.out
*.toc
*.lof
*.lot
*.nav
*.snm
*.vrb

# ------------------------------------------
# Compiled PDFs (optional)
# ------------------------------------------
# Uncomment the next line if you want to track only source
# files (.tex, .Rmd) and not compiled output. Leave it
# commented if you want PDFs in the repo (e.g., for sharing
# with co-authors who do not compile LaTeX).
# *.pdf

# ------------------------------------------
# OS-generated files
# ------------------------------------------
# These are created automatically by your operating system
# and have no place in a research project.
.DS_Store
Thumbs.db
desktop.ini

# ------------------------------------------
# Editor and IDE files
# ------------------------------------------
# Temporary files created by text editors.
*.swp
*.swo
*~
.vscode/
.idea/

# ------------------------------------------
# Python (if applicable)
# ------------------------------------------
__pycache__/
*.pyc
.ipynb_checkpoints/