diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 86bdaf3bd6b..00000000000
--- a/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-destdir/
-srcdistdir/
-builddir/
-packages/
-masterdir/
-etc/xbps-src.conf
-*.bak
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..16108fe4fb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+syntax: glob
+
+masterdir/
+etc/xbps-src.conf
+xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-capchroot
+xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-chroot-capmount
+xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-chroot-capumount
+xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-chroot-helper
+xbps-src/libexec/xbps-src-doinst-helper
+xbps-src/shutils/chroot.sh
+xbps-src/shutils/init_funcs.sh
+xbps-src/shutils/pkgtarget_funcs.sh
+xbps-src/xbps-src
+*.bak