diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91781ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+**__pycache__/
+**.cfg
+**.log
+**.backup
+**.BACKUP
+**.recent.txt
+pool_actions.txt
+pool_colors.txt
+templates.txt
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
deleted file mode 100644
index deab287..0000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-syntax: glob
-*__pycache__/*
-*.cfg
-*.log
-*.backup
-*.BACKUP
-*.recent.txt
-pool_actions.txt
-pool_colors.txt
-templates.txt