diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*.rbc
+capybara-*.html
+.rspec
+/log
+/tmp
+/db/*.sqlite3
+/db/*.sqlite3-journal
+/public/system
+/coverage/
+/spec/tmp
+*.orig
+rerun.txt
+pickle-email-*.html
+
+# TODO Comment out this rule if you are OK with secrets being uploaded to the repo
+config/initializers/secret_token.rb
+config/master.key
+
+# Only include if you have production secrets in this file, which is no longer a Rails default
+# config/secrets.yml
+
+# dotenv
+# TODO Comment out this rule if environment variables can be committed
+.env
+
+## Environment normalization:
+/.bundle
+/vendor/bundle
+
+# these should all be checked in to normalize the environment:
+# Gemfile.lock, .ruby-version, .ruby-gemset
+
+# unless supporting rvm < 1.11.0 or doing something fancy, ignore this:
+.rvmrc
+
+# if using bower-rails ignore default bower_components path bower.json files
+/vendor/assets/bower_components
+*.bowerrc
+bower.json
+
+# Ignore pow environment settings
+.powenv
+
+# Ignore Byebug command history file.
+.byebug_history
+
+# Ignore node_modules
+node_modules/
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# ocean-plus
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