diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
index 0343796..5f7505f 100644
--- a/.hgignore
+++ b/.hgignore
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-lib
-include
-.*\.pyc$
-dist
-bin
-flake8.egg-info
-man
+^bin/
+^dist/
+^include/
+^lib/
+^man/
+/__pycache__/
+\.egg$
+\.egg-info/
 \.Python
-nose*
-.*\.swp
-.*.orig
+\.orig$
+\.pyc$
+\.swp$