diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+.vscode/*
+!.vscode/settings.json
+!.vscode/tasks.json
+!.vscode/launch.json
+!.vscode/extensions.json
+!.vscode/*.code-snippets
+
+# Local History for Visual Studio Code
+.history/
+
+# Built Visual Studio Code Extensions
+*.vsix
+
+# Custom
+.env
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/renovate.json5 b/renovate.json5
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/renovate.json5
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+{
+  $schema: 'https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json',
+  extends: [
+    'config:recommended'
+  ],
+  prHourlyLimit: 0,
+  timezone: 'Asia/Kolkata',
+  schedule: [
+    'before 8am on Saturday',
+    'before 8am on Sunday'
+  ],
+  ignorePaths: [
+    'mailrise/*',
+    'minio/*',
+    'portainer-agent/*',
+    'portainer/*',
+    'qbittorrent/*',
+  ]
+}