diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f08a76ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+.DS_Store
+.DS_Store?
+._*
+.Spotlight-V100
+.Trashes
+Icon?
+ehthumbs.db
+Thumbs.db
+attach
+cache
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
deleted file mode 100644
index ab9a20b81..000000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-syntax: glob
-config.php
-.htaccess
-attach/
-cache/