[Python-Dev] .hgignore (was: Mercurial conversion repositories)

[R. David Murray]

On Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:54:39 +1100, Tim Delaney <timothy.c.delaney at gmail.com> wrote:
> If those were to be removed from .hgignore then there would be a high
> likelihood of someone doing "hg addremove" and inadvertently tracking them.
> The purpose of .hgignore is to prevent inadventently tracking files that
> shouldn't be tracked.

Ah, well, I don't like that UI.  The purpose for me of .hgignore (and
similar ignore files) is to make the status command show any files that
have been modified or aren't normal build/run products.  I'd rather add
and remove files individually by hand (except when adding or removing
a directory).  I also want a --strict option for the commit command
that refuses to commit if there are unignored unadded or missing files.
(--strict is the bzr spelling; I don't care about the spelling :)

> "hg status  -i" will list all ignored files that are present in your working
> directory. For other options, "hg help status".

hg status -i is useless because there are a *lot* of ignored files in
a working directory where python has been built.  I'd have to do a
distclean first, which would mean I'd have to do a rebuild after...and
all of that just takes too long :)

I guess I have some hg hacking in my future, unless someone has already
written extensions for this stuff.

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R. David Murray                                      www.bitdance.com