diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c556674b9d81ee78606bbc0879239c74959203bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+syntax:glob
+rattail.egg-info