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diff doc/hgignore.5.txt @ 9193:52de439b8d99
merge with crew-stable
author | Martin Geisler <mg@lazybytes.net> |
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date | Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:09:32 +0200 |
parents | 2399362b3bb0 3a319bc8906d |
children | 0de7cf8db5fd |
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--- a/doc/hgignore.5.txt Mon Jul 20 19:18:38 2009 -0500 +++ b/doc/hgignore.5.txt Tue Jul 21 12:09:32 2009 +0200 @@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ DESCRIPTION ----------- +The working directory of a Mercurial repository will often contain +files that should not be tracked by Mercurial. These include backup +files created by editors and build products created by compilers. +These files can be ignored by listing them in a `.hgignore` file in +the root of the working directory. The `.hgignore` file must be +created manually. It is typically put under version control, so that +the settings will propagate to other repositories with push and pull. + An untracked file is ignored if its path relative to the repository root directory, or any prefix path of that path, is matched against any pattern in `.hgignore`.