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help/hgignore: refer to the builtin help instead of external URLs

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For example, say we have an untracked file, ``file.c``, at
``a/b/file.c`` inside our repository. Mercurial will ignore ``file.c``
if any pattern in ``.hgignore`` matches ``a/b/file.c``, ``a/b`` or ``a``.

In addition, a Mercurial configuration file can reference a set of
per-user or global ignore files. See the
``http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/hgrc.5.html`` man page for details
of how to configure these files. Look for the "ignore" entry in the
"ui" section.

To control Mercurial's handling of files that it manages, see the
``http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/hg.1.html`` man page. Look for
the ``-I`` and ``-X`` options.

Syntax
------

An ignore file is a plain text file consisting of a list of patterns,

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For example, say we have an untracked file, ``file.c``, at
``a/b/file.c`` inside our repository. Mercurial will ignore ``file.c``
if any pattern in ``.hgignore`` matches ``a/b/file.c``, ``a/b`` or ``a``.

In addition, a Mercurial configuration file can reference a set of
per-user or global ignore files. See the ``ignore`` configuration
key on the ``[ui]`` section of :hg:`help config` for details of how to
configure these files.

To control Mercurial's handling of files that it manages, many
commands support the ``-I`` and ``-X`` options; see
:hg:`help <command>` and :hg:`help patterns` for details.

Syntax
------

An ignore file is a plain text file consisting of a list of patterns,