# HG changeset patch # User Adam Hull # Date 1591996954 25200 # Node ID b77d5b56849655ae5e8de5e25d082a047f3675db # Parent affe0fb42250c9ee77386a048c5b55a12b325461 ignore: note debugignore on ignore man page It took me a long time to find debugignore. I found the ignore man page quickly. This change adds a debugging section to the ignore man page letting people know there is a debug command. diff -r affe0fb42250 -r b77d5b568496 mercurial/helptext/hgignore.txt --- a/mercurial/helptext/hgignore.txt Sat Jun 13 11:57:58 2020 +0200 +++ b/mercurial/helptext/hgignore.txt Fri Jun 12 14:22:34 2020 -0700 @@ -95,3 +95,9 @@ # switch to regexp syntax. syntax: regexp ^\.pc/ + +Debugging +========= + +Use the ``debugignore`` command to see if and why a file is ignored, or to +see the combined ignore pattern. See :hg:`help debugignore` for details.