[Bug 3573] New: Change revert extension from ".orig" to ".hgorig"

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Thu Aug 2 09:47:15 CDT 2012


http://bz.selenic.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3573

          Priority: normal
            Bug ID: 3573
                CC: mercurial-devel at selenic.com
          Assignee: bugzilla at selenic.com
           Summary: Change revert extension from ".orig" to ".hgorig"
          Severity: bug
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: Windows
          Reporter: brian.mathis+selenic at betteradmin.com
          Hardware: PC
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
           Version: 2.2.3
         Component: Mercurial
           Product: Mercurial

The ".orig" extension is commonly used for purposes other than hg.  Hg should
not use this extension, especially since it clobbers these files without
warning.

Hg should use a program-specific extension which has less likelihood of
conflicting with other uses.  Much like the "rpm" command uses ."rpmorig", hg
should adopt this approach by using the ".hgorig" extension.

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