diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02018fe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+/jemalloc/autom4te.cache/
+/jemalloc/bin/
+/jemalloc/cfghdrs.stamp
+/jemalloc/cfgoutputs.stamp
+/jemalloc/config.log
+/jemalloc/config.status
+/jemalloc/configure
+/jemalloc/doc/jemalloc.3
+/jemalloc/lib/
+/jemalloc/Makefile
+/jemalloc/src/jemalloc_defs\.h
+/jemalloc/src/*.[od]
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
deleted file mode 100644
index ed10a189..00000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-syntax: glob
-
-syntax: regexp
-^jemalloc/autom4te\.cache
-^jemalloc/bin$
-^jemalloc/cfg(hdrs|outputs)\.stamp$
-^jemalloc/config\.(log|status)$
-^jemalloc/configure$
-^jemalloc/doc/jemalloc.3$
-^jemalloc/lib$
-^jemalloc/Makefile$
-^jemalloc/src/jemalloc_defs\.h$
-^jemalloc/src/[a-z0-9_]+.o$
-^jemalloc/src/[a-z0-9_]+.d$