[Python-Dev] cpython (3.2): Stop ignoring Mercurial merge conflits files (#12255).
Antoine Pitrou
solipsis at pitrou.net
Sat Jul 30 08:36:41 CEST 2011
On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:22:05 -0400
"R. David Murray" <rdmurray at bitdance.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:36:03 +0200, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:
> > On Fri, 29 Jul 2011 12:19:45 -0400
> > "R. David Murray" <rdmurray at bitdance.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Besides, "hg status" is meant to show untracked files which could
> > > > *potentially* be tracked. It's not like anybody wants to track .orig
> > > > and .rej files, so having them in the ignore list is still the right
> > > > thing to do.
> > >
> > > That's one view. My view is that 'hg status' tells me all the files
> > > that have appeared in my tree that I'm either not currently tracking or
> > > explicitly ignoring (because the project's automated tools will deal
> > > with them). Nothing in there about limiting it to files I *might*
> > > want to track. That is how I've always used my version control
> > > systems.
> >
> > Ok, I understand. However, it also makes things more tedious for other
> > people who don't user their VCS in such a way, so it would be nice how
> > other people feel about this.
>
> They can add those files to their personal .hgrc. I can't *remove*
> those ignores via mine.
That's a good point. I hadn't thought about that.
Regards
Antoine.
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