diff --git a/config/.gitignore_global b/config/.gitignore_global
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..93bfd12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/.gitignore_global
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+*~
+.DS_Store
diff --git a/config/.hgignore_global b/config/.hgignore_global
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..187b396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/.hgignore_global
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+syntax: glob
+
+*~
+.DS_Store