diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+*.py[cod]
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Packages
+*.egg
+*.egg-info
+dist
+build
+eggs
+parts
+bin
+var
+sdist
+develop-eggs
+.installed.cfg
+lib
+lib64
+__pycache__
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+.coverage
+.tox
+nosetests.xml
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+
+# Mr Developer
+.mr.developer.cfg
+.project
+.pydevproject
diff --git a/.hgignore b/.hgignore
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-# This specifies file types that mercurial should
-# ignore, defined on glob format.
-
-syntax: glob
-
-*.pyc
-*.swp
-*.old
-*.prof
-*.orig
-*.key
-*~
-\#*\#
-game/logs/*
-game/*.restart
-game/*.pid
-game/*.db3
-docs/sphinx/build/*
-docs/sphinx/wiki2rest/wiki2html/*
-docs/sphinx/wiki2rest/rest/*
-docs/sphinx/wiki2rest/html/*
-docs/sphinx/wiki2html/*
-.idea/*