diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..794f6d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.pyc
+*.pyv
+*.sw?
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
deleted file mode 100644
index abe0722..0000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-syntax: glob
-*.pyc
-*.pyv
-*.swp
-*.swo
-tags