diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..373f51d9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+*.pyc
+dist/
+*.egg-info/
+build/
+MANIFEST
+.coverage
+.tox/
+htmlcov/
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
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index 3f9e56383..000000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-syntax: glob
-*.pyc
-dist
-MANIFEST
-simple_history.egg-info
-simple_history/.project
-simple_history/.pydevproject