diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 073f5d83..45702cfc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -276,3 +276,10 @@ elpa
 .jline*
 .nrepl*
 repl*
+.ido.last~
+.freemind/
+.node-gyp/
+.terminfo/
+.zsh_history
+.Xmodmap
+.go.history
diff --git a/.hgignore_global b/.hgignore_global
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..187b3968
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.hgignore_global
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+syntax: glob
+
+*~
+.DS_Store