diff --git a/.hgignore b/.gitignore
similarity index 93%
rename from .hgignore
rename to .gitignore
index 25cd752..2d3e279 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-syntax: glob
 *.o
 *.so
 *.dylib
@@ -6,7 +5,6 @@ syntax: glob
 .deps
 aclocal.m4
 autom4te.cache
-build
 buildsys.mk
 config.h
 config.h.in