diff -r 01a75c9d5b5e -r f1a3ae7c15df mercurial/help/patterns.txt --- a/mercurial/help/patterns.txt Tue Feb 18 14:48:56 2014 -0800 +++ b/mercurial/help/patterns.txt Wed Feb 19 13:25:28 2014 +0100 @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ Alternate pattern notations must be specified explicitly. .. note:: + Patterns specified in ``.hgignore`` are not rooted. Please see :hg:`help hgignore` for details.