.hg directory not hidden on Windows

[Matt Mackall]

On Sat, 2011-06-25 at 17:12 -0500, Robert Altman wrote:
> Since at least 1.8.2 I've noticed that .hg folders on Windows are no longer
> hidden; last time I had checked (1.7.?), the .hg folder was hidden; is this
> intentional?  If so, what would be the reason?

Mercurial itself has never heard of the hidden bit in Windows. So if .hg
has ever been hidden for you, some other tool did it (TortoiseHg?).

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