diff --git a/.hgignore b/.gitignore
similarity index 98%
rename from .hgignore
rename to .gitignore
index 8ad78f07c..9d4038275 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-syntax: glob
-
 configure
 config.log
 config.cache
diff --git a/.hgtags b/.hgtags
deleted file mode 100644
index c11409667..000000000
--- a/.hgtags
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
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-41b68c0e50d59e5aca2d23f834d51f1e3fa00c7e v1.0.11rc3
-865f43d67f032b9b1fd223e191bdc266c3c6a525 v1.0.11rc2
-94a831499ca29e27ec314a90577ad905530a80d0 v1.0.11rc1
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-4db48d8c8685f060db6f6de65df94ab8f2d1cc49 v1.0.10rc2
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-d3bd2ac29044cd4cafce1b714c249866ed051e2a v1.0.13rc1
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-3de06f3eea80471e365ea706052a747e50edb587 v1.0.13rc3
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-9005d28a1f9e2a132bc9a3574b7ef8fcca5beeb3 v1.0.14a
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diff --git a/hgcompile b/gitcompile
similarity index 89%
rename from hgcompile
rename to gitcompile
index a5c5f96dc..6954cf266 100755
--- a/hgcompile
+++ b/gitcompile
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ echo "CFLAGS=$CFLAGS"
 echo "./configure $@"
 ./configure $@ || exit 1
 unset CFLAGS
-if [ -z "$HGCOMPILE_NO_MAKE" ]; then
+if [ -z "$GITCOMPILE_NO_MAKE" ]; then
   make
 fi