diff --git a/.hgignore b/.gitignore
similarity index 86%
rename from .hgignore
rename to .gitignore
index 8689c1c..ac45cd3 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-syntax: glob
-
 Brie/data/sessions/*
 *.pyc
 *.swp