diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..749ccda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
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index e725661..0000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-syntax: glob
-__pycache__/**