--- a/.hgignore	Sun Jan 20 15:41:10 2013 +0200
+++ b/.hgignore	Sun Jan 20 15:42:32 2013 +0200
@@ -4,4 +4,11 @@
 \.pyc$
 \.sw[op]$
 
-^var/
+# generated files
+^dist/
+^MANIFEST$
+^twisted/plugins/dropin.cache$
+^log
+
+# testing
+^(tmp|test|var)/