diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b34901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+syntax: glob
+imagecache/*.png
+imagecache/*.jpg
+imagecache/*.jpeg
+imagecache/*.gif
+
+users/*
+
+images/.htaccess