diff --git a/etc/users/GROUP_AND_USER_ACCOUNTS b/etc/users/GROUP_AND_USER_ACCOUNTS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f563306
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/users/GROUP_AND_USER_ACCOUNTS
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This is just a dummy file to force hg to preserve this directory that is used to store user and group account information.