diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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index 0000000..1dd9f3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+build-qbolt-*
+dummy-data/dummy-data*
+*.pro.user$
+build/
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
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index 599f58c..0000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-mode:regexp
-^build-qbolt-
-^dummy-data/dummy-data$
-\.pro\.user$
-^build/
diff --git a/.hgtags b/.hgtags
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index 0e44cce..0000000
--- a/.hgtags
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-74cacbbe8f6cfb20a63902fb76e48c02d5cf2963 release-1.0.0
-0528a0ab20b6694d8f42bfdb45e525fa64dd39b0 release-1.0.1