diff --git a/.hgignore b/.gitignore
similarity index 94%
rename from .hgignore
rename to .gitignore
index bca52e545..279cdba58 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ po/POTFILES
 po/stamp-it
 stamp-h1
 Makefile
+__pycache__/
 
 syntax: regexp
 ^config\.*