diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..648632c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*       text=auto
+*.py    text diff=python
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f917d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+*\.py[co]
+*~
+*\.orig
+*\#.*
+*@.*
+.coverage
+htmlcov
+.DS_Store
+venv
+distribute_setup.py
+distribute-*.tar.gz
+build
+dist
+*.egg-info
+.tox
diff --git a/.hgeol b/.hgeol
deleted file mode 100644
index 8233b6d..0000000
--- a/.hgeol
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[patterns]
-** = native
-.hgignore = native
-.hgeol = native
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 736c7fd..0000000
--- a/.hgignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-.*\.py[co]$
-.*~$
-.*\.orig$
-.*\#.*$
-.*@.*$
-\.coverage$
-htmlcov$
-\.DS_Store$
-venv$
-distribute_setup.py$
-distribute-\d+.\d+.\d+.tar.gz$
-build$
-dist$
-.*\.egg-info$
-\.tox$