diff --git a/.hgignore b/.gitignore
similarity index 79%
rename from .hgignore
rename to .gitignore
index 0a1db71b..f958e1fa 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-syntax: glob
 *.orig
 *.iws
 .idea/workspace.xml
@@ -7,4 +6,3 @@ build/artifacts
 lib/build
 lib/runtime
 lib/optional
-.DS_Store