diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..751553b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.bak
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
deleted file mode 100644
index f306da0..0000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-syntax: glob
-*.bak