diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e71e995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+.DS_Store
+**/*.[568ao]
+**/*.ao
+**/*.so
+**/*.pyc
+**/._*
+**/.nfs.*
+**/[568a].out
+**/*.exe
+**/*~
+**/*.orig
+core
+_obj
+_test
+out.png
+_test*
+
+**/*.dll
+**/core*[0-9]
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 7cbae3c..0000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-syntax:glob
-.DS_Store
-.git
-.gitignore
-*.[568ao]
-*.ao
-*.so
-*.pyc
-._*
-.nfs.*
-[568a].out
-*.exe
-*~
-*.orig
-core
-_obj
-_test
-out.png
-_test*
-
-syntax: regexp
-\.dll$
-^.*/core.[0-9]*$