diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3d54c8cae5cdd10c907934b6ae7ceef50baced31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+syntax: glob
+*~
+.*.swp
+*.orig
+.\#*
+\#*\#
+