diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98df095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+*.beam
+rebar
+*~
+*.orig
+.*.swp
+rt.work
+.hgignore
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index 207392e..273aafc 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 \.orig
 \.swp
 rt.work/*
+^.gitignore$