diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d20b64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.pyc
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
deleted file mode 100644
index bb6d589..0000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-syntax: glob
-
-*.pyc