diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dc90720
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+*.pyc
+.DS_Store
+bootstrap.py
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 80e5592..0000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-\.py[co]$
-\.DS_Store$
-bootstrap.py