diff --git a/debug-viewer/.bzrignore b/debug-viewer/.bzrignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 68ad47217e..0000000000
--- a/debug-viewer/.bzrignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-*.glade.bak
-*.gladep
-*.gladep.bak
-
-./build
-./dist
-./MANIFEST
-
-po/gst-debug-viewer.pot
-po/mo
-
diff --git a/debug-viewer/.gitignore b/debug-viewer/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e44fa3d75e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debug-viewer/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+
+*.pyc
+*.pyo
+
+*.glade.bak
+*.gladep
+*.gladep.bak
+
+/build
+/dist
+/MANIFEST
+
+po/*.pot
+po/mo