diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a60b1c5e3ebce67ef7b328d1a56ae4e70797bafa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.hgignore
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+syntax: glob
+
+*.pyc
+*~
+