diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dc23d9ba..5e6a7bcc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,7 @@
 *.egg-info/
 
 .DS_Store
+
+# ignore log files
+* .log
+
diff --git a/Chirag.txt.txt b/Chirag.txt.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/Fork.txt.txt b/Fork.txt.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e720fc73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+hi
+