hg remove without erasing file in working dir ?

[Joe Bruce]

Unfortunately I don't have an answer -- I just wanted to chime in with, "Me
too."  I had a need for this when I put my /etc under Mercurial control. I
soon realized that several files (e.g., /etc/mtab) should not be under
version control, as they regularly change during the course of use.

I ended up doing a "cp -p" to a different filename (preserving the
timestamp), 'hg rm', and then 'cp -p' to restore the file.

The 'hg rm' command supports the '--after' option, which is sort of opposite
what is needed. Mercurial needs a
'--dont-really-remove-the-file-because-I-want-it-but-not-in-the-repo'
option.  ;-)

Regards,
Joe

On 11/28/06, Mathieu Clabaut <mathieu.clabaut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>   is there a way to remove a file from a repo without erasing it from
> the working dir (I'd like to not mv/cp the file in order to preserve
> timestmaps et al.)
>
> -mathieu
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