diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 95bcd0e..358cbce 100644
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -11,4 +11,6 @@ cran-comments.md
 ^codecov\.yml$
 ^tests/testthat/disabled/
 ^man-roxygen/
-^logo.svg$
\ No newline at end of file
+^logo.svg$
+^CRAN-RELEASE$
+^revdep$
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6dea139..1292fe4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,4 +15,3 @@ Desktop.ini
 $RECYCLE.BIN/
 ## Mac crap
 .DS_Store
-revdep
diff --git a/revdep/.gitignore b/revdep/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31f6c40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/revdep/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+checks
+library
+checks.noindex
+library.noindex
+data.sqlite
+*.html
diff --git a/revdep/email.yml b/revdep/email.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c5cef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/revdep/email.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+release_date: ???
+rel_release_date: ???
+my_news_url: ???
+release_version: ???
+release_details: ???