diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e85b364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+# development
+cmd/archive-server/archive-server
+cmd/archive-server/config.json
+
+# binaries
+_dist/
+build/
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
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index b2311cf..0000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-mode:regex
-
-# development
-^cmd/archive-server/archive-server$
-^cmd/archive-server/config.json$
-
-# binaries
-^_dist/
-^build/