diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4f37fde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+^build/
+^Makefile$
+\.pyc$
+\.cache$
+\.pytest_cache$
+__pycache__/