diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c93aa7128d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+syntax: glob
+*.pyc
+*~
+*.scssc
+*.swp
+*.orig
+*.DS_Store