[PATCH] purge: add --ignored-only/-i option to delete only ignored files

[Kevin Bullock]

On Mar 21, 2012, at 8:49 PM, Greg Ward wrote:

> On 21 March 2012, Matt Mackall said:
>> On Tue, 2012-03-20 at 21:50 -0400, Greg Ward wrote:
>>> # HG changeset patch
>>> # User Greg Ward <greg at gerg.ca>
>>> # Date 1332294424 14400
>>> # Node ID bfde5bbbc3bb0d804a70cad737f0bf95086a448c
>>> # Parent  12e3f93b1cbc7c930e941f0adfe632c8ad70b73d
>>> purge: add --ignored-only/-i option to delete only ignored files
>>> 
>>> This is handy when you trust .hgignore to specify all of your build
>>> products, but you do not trust yourself to always remember to "hg add"
>>> new files. This treats unknown files as valuable, since they might
>>> become added files soon.
>> 
>> Does this work?
>> 
>> hg purge "set:ignored()"
> 
> No, but
> 
>  hg purge --all "set:ignored()" 
> 
> does. purge only considers ignored files with --all.
> 
> Also, this does not remove empty directories.
> 
> However, this totally fails the usability test. I can just see me
> trying to explain to one of my co-workers how to clean up a messy
> working dir.

FWIW, my recommended usage of the purge extension is always:

hg --config extensions.purge= purge [whatever]

I consider it my --yes-ive-thought-through-what-im-purging option. :) It also does not lend itself to finger-macro'ing, a nice safety feature.

Doesn't solve the "--all 'set:ignored()'" issue though.

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Kevin R. Bullock

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