diff --git a/.hgignore b/.gitignore
similarity index 94%
rename from .hgignore
rename to .gitignore
index f4bc693b0..a42c9820e 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-syntax: glob
-
 .idea
 Thumbs.db
 .DS_Store