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hgignore
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syntax for Mercurial ignore files
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:Author: Vadim Gelfer <vadim.gelfer@gmail.com>
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:Organization: Mercurial
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:Manual section: 5
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:Manual group: Mercurial Manual
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SYNOPSIS
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The Mercurial system uses a file called ``.hgignore`` in the root
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directory of a repository to control its behavior when it searches
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for files that it is not currently tracking.
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DESCRIPTION
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An untracked file is ignored if its path relative to the repository
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root directory, or any prefix path of that path, is matched against
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any pattern in `.hgignore`.
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For example, say we have an an untracked file, ``file.c``, at
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``a/b/file.c`` inside our repository. Mercurial will ignore ``file.c``
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if any pattern in ``.hgignore`` matches ``a/b/file.c``, ``a/b`` or ``a``.
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In addition, a Mercurial configuration file can reference a set of
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per-user or global ignore files. See the |hgrc(5)|_ man page for details
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of how to configure these files. Look for the "ignore" entry in the
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"ui" section.
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To control Mercurial's handling of files that it manages, see the
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|hg(1)|_ man page. Look for the "-I" and "-X" options.
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SYNTAX
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An ignore file is a plain text file consisting of a list of patterns,
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with one pattern per line. Empty lines are skipped. The "``#``"
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character is treated as a comment character, and the "``\``" character
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is treated as an escape character.
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Mercurial supports several pattern syntaxes. The default syntax used
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is Python/Perl-style regular expressions.
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To change the syntax used, use a line of the following form::
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syntax: NAME
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where ``NAME`` is one of the following:
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``regexp``
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Regular expression, Python/Perl syntax.
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``glob``
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Shell-style glob.
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The chosen syntax stays in effect when parsing all patterns that
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follow, until another syntax is selected.
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Neither glob nor regexp patterns are rooted. A glob-syntax pattern of
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the form "``*.c``" will match a file ending in "``.c``" in any directory,
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and a regexp pattern of the form "``\.c$``" will do the same. To root a
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regexp pattern, start it with "``^``".
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EXAMPLE
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Here is an example ignore file. ::
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# use glob syntax.
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syntax: glob
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*.elc
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*.pyc
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*~
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# switch to regexp syntax.
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syntax: regexp
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^\.pc/
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AUTHOR
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Vadim Gelfer <vadim.gelfer@gmail.com>
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Mercurial was written by Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>.
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SEE ALSO
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--------
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|hg(1)|_, |hgrc(5)|_
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COPYING
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-------
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This manual page is copyright 2006 Vadim Gelfer.
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Mercurial is copyright 2005-2009 Matt Mackall.
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Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General
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Public License (GPL).
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.. include:: common.txt
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