diff --git a/tasks/dabapps.yml b/tasks/dabapps.yml
index 9e8ffee..2196615 100644
--- a/tasks/dabapps.yml
+++ b/tasks/dabapps.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   when: "item not in installed_packages.stdout_lines"
   loop:
     - 'heroku-cli'
+    - 'mercurial'
     - 'ngrok'
     - 'python-aws-mfa'
     - 'redis'
@@ -35,3 +36,21 @@
     owner: "{{ user }}"
     state: link
     force: true
+
+
+- name: Enable strip mercurial extension
+  ini_file:
+    path: "{{ home }}/.hgrc"
+    section: "extensions"
+    option: strip
+    value: ""
+    mode: 0644
+
+
+- name: Enable strip mercurial extension
+  ini_file:
+    path: "{{ home }}/.hgrc"
+    section: "ui"
+    option: ignore
+    value: '{{ home }}/.config/.gitignore'
+    mode: 0644