diff --git a/.Rbuildignore b/.Rbuildignore
index 3c973565..57980ea2 100755
--- a/.Rbuildignore
+++ b/.Rbuildignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ renv.lock
 ^Meta$
 .lintr
 .github
+^\.gitlab-ci\.yml$
 tests/testthat/Rplots.pdf
 
 # docs
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d9b76d38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+include:
+  - project: 'nest/automation/gitlab-shared-library'
+    ref: main
+    file: R/R_NEST_min.gitlab-ci.yml
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/autoslider.core.Rproj b/autoslider.core.Rproj
old mode 100755
new mode 100644