diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3bc83482b8..1ff594a993 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+syntax: glob # for hg-git users
 Makefile
 Makefile.in
 configure
diff --git a/.hgeol b/.hgeol
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a484af67a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.hgeol
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[patterns]
+** = native