diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e57697
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+**/*.o
+**/*~
+flexnbd
+build/
+pkg/
+**/*.orig
+**/.*.swp
+cscope.out
+valgrind.out
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
deleted file mode 100644
index d5366d6..0000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-.o$
-~$
-^flexnbd$
-^build/
-^pkg/
-\.orig$
-.*\.swp$
-cscope.out$
-valgrind.out$