diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7bc77205
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+/doc/
+/logs/
+/media/
+/tmp/
+/uploads/
+/seminarymedia/
+/seminaryuploads/
+/www/analytics/tmp/
+/app/lib/phpqrcode/cache/
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
deleted file mode 100644
index f1a7c8b0..00000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-syntax: regexp
-^doc/*
-^logs/*
-^media/*
-^tmp/*
-^uploads/*
-^seminarymedia/*
-^seminaryuploads/*
-^www/analytics/config/config.ini.php*
-^www/analytics/tmp/*
-^app/lib/phpqrcode/cache/*