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14 | The Mercurial system uses a file called `.hgignore` in the root |
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14 | The Mercurial system uses a file called `.hgignore` in the root | |
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15 | directory of a repository to control its behavior when it searches | |
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16 | for files that it is not currently tracking. | |
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18 | DESCRIPTION |
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21 | Mercurial ignores every unmanaged file that matches any pattern in an |
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21 | An untracked file is ignored if its path relative to the repository | |
22 | ignore file. The patterns in an ignore file do not apply to files |
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22 | root directory, or any prefix path of that path, is matched against | |
23 | managed by Mercurial. To control Mercurial's handling of files that it |
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23 | any pattern in `.hgignore`. | |
24 | manages, see the hg(1) man page. Look for the "-I" and "-X" options. |
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26 | In addition, a Mercurial configuration file can point to a set of |
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25 | For example, say we have an an untracked file, `file.c`, at | |
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26 | `a/b/file.c` inside our repository. Mercurial will ignore `file.c` if | |||
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27 | any pattern in `.hgignore` matches `a/b/file.c`, `a/b` or `a`. | |||
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29 | In addition, a Mercurial configuration file can reference a set of | |||
27 | per-user or global ignore files. See the hgrc(5) man page for details |
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30 | per-user or global ignore files. See the hgrc(5) man page for details | |
28 | of how to configure these files. Look for the "ignore" entry in the |
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31 | of how to configure these files. Look for the "ignore" entry in the | |
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34 | To control Mercurial's handling of files that it manages, see the | |||
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35 | hg(1) man page. Look for the "-I" and "-X" options. | |||
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