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

[Daniel Stutzbach]

On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 5:54 AM, 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.
>

If the goal is to prevent something from being committed, shouldn't the
check go in a pre-commit hook instead?

-- 
Daniel Stutzbach
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