diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bef743e2732c14387e4fbd916cb5f200923cff1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+build
+stage