diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8f9b5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+dist/
+XStatic_jQuery.egg-info/
+MANIFEST
+.DS_Store
+.orig
+.rej
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
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index cbe93bd..0000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-.*\.py[co]$
-^dist/
-^XStatic_jQuery.egg-info/
-^MANIFEST$
-.DS_Store
-.orig$
-.rej$
-.~$