What is the use of the .# files

[Patrick Mézard]

Martin Chabot a écrit :
> In my working folder I got  ".#"  files (example:   .#coco.rb ) and I am 
> wondering what is their use.

Well, they are not Mercurial files for sure. Probably temporary Emacs/vi stuff.

> Can I delete them?
>
> Should I add them in the .hgignore ?

It's up to you, it's your working directory (and if they are Emacs files, the answers are probably "maybe,yes")

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Patrick Mézard