diff --git a/.hgignore b/.gitignore
similarity index 83%
rename from .hgignore
rename to .gitignore
index 5b4e057..f16fc4a 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-syntax: glob
 .*.swp
 *.pyc
 *.orig