diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6aad486
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+dwss
+modes.h
+LoadFile-gen.inc
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b8ca52..0000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-glob:.scons*
-glob:*.o
-glob:dwss
-glob:LoadFile-gen.inc
-^modes.h$