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hgignore - syntax for Mercurial ignore files |
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SYNOPSIS |
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The Mercurial system uses a file called .hgignore in the root |
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that it is not currently managing. |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Mercurial ignores every unmanaged file that matches any pattern in an |
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managed by Mercurial. To control Mercurial's handling of files that |
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it manages, see the hg(1) man page. Look for the "-I" and "-X" |
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options. |
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In addition, a Mercurial configuration file can point to a set of |
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per-user or global ignore files. See the hgrc(5) man page for details |
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of how to configure these files. Look for the "ignore" entry in the |
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"ui" section. |
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SYNTAX |
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An ignore file is a plain text file consisting of a list of patterns, |
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Mercurial supports several pattern syntaxes. The default syntax used |
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where NAME is one of the following: |
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a regexp pattern of the form "\.c$" will do the same. To root a |
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EXAMPLE |
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