diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d7eecc0e119c2e91ba427352b8473247cd379458_LmhnaWdub3Jl
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+syntax: regexp
+\.svn/
+build/
+dist/
+\.so$
+\.pyc$
+\.egg-info$