diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c14493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+_dist/
+sites/*/data/
+sites/*/wwwroot/
+shields_cache/
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 06902db..0000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-mode:regex
-^_dist/
-^sites/[^/]+/data/
-^sites/[^/]+/wwwroot/
-
-^shields_cache/