diff --git a/.hgignore b/.gitignore
similarity index 86%
rename from .hgignore
rename to .gitignore
index fada7ec5e..fc0e5486c 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-syntax: glob
 qrc_*cxx
 *.orig
 *.pyc
@@ -28,7 +27,11 @@ activity.png
 *.rej
 log
 patch
+*.patch
 a
 a.*
 lapack/testing
 lapack/reference
+.*project
+.settings
+Makefile