[PATCH] Allowing multiple project-specific .hgignore files

Matt Mackall mpm at selenic.com
Sun Apr 29 21:05:44 CDT 2007


[reply-to set to mercurial-devel, where such things go now]

On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 10:43:28AM +1000, Stuart wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> I've created a patch which allows .hgignore to be either a file (in the
> current style) or a directory containing multiple files, all of which
> are parsed for ignore patterns.

That's kind of neat.

It could also be done by adding an include: syntax to .hgignore, which
might be more flexible and simpler?

-- 
Mathematics is the supreme nostalgia of our time.


More information about the Mercurial mailing list