# HG changeset patch # User Martin Geisler # Date 1248170972 -7200 # Node ID 52de439b8d990e577d7f81c2f3f3fa7d45e1bb19 # Parent 8864112d4f57815b11d49dff22d25969d3ae23a8# Parent 3a319bc8906d064f26ccbe46e468aa0b3dd9c009 merge with crew-stable diff -r 8864112d4f57 -r 52de439b8d99 doc/hgignore.5.txt --- 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`.