diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index cf0245179c..a05a12de61 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
-syntax: glob
-
-.DS_Store
-*.o
-Thumbs.db
\ No newline at end of file
+syntax: glob
+*.orig
+*.rej
+*~
+*.o
+tests/*.err
+*.ncb
+*.suo
+*.obj
+.hg
+.hgignore
+.hgtags
+.svn
+.cvsignore
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+syntax: regexp
+.*\#.*\#$
\ No newline at end of file