diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb2b1b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+syntax: glob
+
+*.pyc
+*data/*
+*build/*
+*dist/*
+*ez_setup.py
+*.egg/*
+*egg-info/*
+*bin/*
+*include/*
+*lib/*
+sa06/*