diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d6c1e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+*       text=auto
+
+*.c     text
+*.h     text
+*.in    text
+*.py    text
+*.rst   text
+*.txt   text
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.gitignore
similarity index 61%
rename from .hgignore
rename to .gitignore
index c76126e..d6d7586 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
-syntax: glob
 *.pyc
 build/
 dist/
-doc/.build/
-html
 cx_Oracle.egg-info/
 MANIFEST
diff --git a/.hgeol b/.hgeol
deleted file mode 100644
index 814114b..0000000
--- a/.hgeol
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[patterns]
-.hgignore = native
-** = native