diff --git a/.hgignore b/.gitignore
similarity index 95%
rename from .hgignore
rename to .gitignore
index b6b1566..d944a76 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# use glob syntax.
-syntax: glob
-
 *.keep
 *.contrib
 *~
@@ -130,18 +127,15 @@ dvc/lisp/dvc-site.el
 dvc/texinfo/dvc-version.texinfo
 dvc/texinfo/dvc.info
 
-# switch to regexp syntax.
-syntax: regexp
-
 CVS/
-\.git/
-\.svn/
-\.bzr
+.git/
+.svn/
+.bzr
 
-\.pc/
-\.eshell/
+.pc/
+.eshell/
 
-\.\#.*
+.\#*
 
 server/