diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..498fc13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+drawterm.log
+state
+state.old
+state.journal
+drawterm
+*.o
+*.a
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
deleted file mode 100644
index af04072..0000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-(^|/)CVS($|/)
-(^|/)\.hg($|/)
-(^|/)\.hgtags($|/)
-^drawterm.log$
-^state$
-^state.old$
-^state.journal$