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Initial version of pyhgsh
author Josef "Jeff" Sipek <jeffpc@optonline.net>
date Sun, 18 Jun 2006 16:48:38 -0400
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1 HGIGNORE(5)
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2 ===========
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5 NAME
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6 ----
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7 hgignore - syntax for Mercurial ignore files
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9 SYNOPSIS
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10 --------
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12 The Mercurial system uses a file called .hgignore in the root
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13 directory of a repository to control its behavior when it finds files
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14 that it is not currently managing.
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16 DESCRIPTION
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17 -----------
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19 Mercurial ignores every unmanaged file that matches any pattern in an
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20 ignore file. The patterns in an ignore file do not apply to files
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21 managed by Mercurial. To control Mercurial's handling of files that
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22 it manages, see the hg(1) man page. Look for the "-I" and "-X"
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23 options.
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25 In addition, a Mercurial configuration file can point to a set of
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26 per-user or global ignore files. See the hgrc(5) man page for details
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27 of how to configure these files. Look for the "ignore" entry in the
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28 "ui" section.
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30 SYNTAX
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31 ------
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33 An ignore file is a plain text file consisting of a list of patterns,
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34 with one pattern per line. Empty lines are skipped. The "#"
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35 character is treated as a comment character, and the "\" character is
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36 treated as an escape character.
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38 Mercurial supports several pattern syntaxes. The default syntax used
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39 is Python/Perl-style regular expressions.
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41 To change the syntax used, use a line of the following form:
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43 syntax: NAME
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45 where NAME is one of the following:
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47 regexp::
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48 Regular expression, Python/Perl syntax.
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49 glob::
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50 Shell-style glob.
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52 The chosen syntax stays in effect when parsing all patterns that
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53 follow, until another syntax is selected.
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55 Neither glob nor regexp patterns are rooted. A glob-syntax pattern of
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56 the form "*.c" will match a file ending in ".c" in any directory, and
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57 a regexp pattern of the form "\.c$" will do the same. To root a
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58 regexp pattern, start it with "^".
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60 EXAMPLE
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63 Here is an example ignore file.
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65 # use glob syntax.
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66 syntax: glob
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68 *.elc
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69 *.pyc
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70 *~
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73 # switch to regexp syntax.
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74 syntax: regexp
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77 AUTHOR
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78 ------
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79 Vadim Gelfer <vadim.gelfer@gmail.com>
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81 Mercurial was written by Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>.
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83 SEE ALSO
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85 hg(1), hgrc(5)
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87 COPYING
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89 This manual page is copyright 2006 Vadim Gelfer.
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90 Mercurial is copyright 2005, 2006 Matt Mackall.
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91 Free use of this software is granted under the terms of the GNU General
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92 Public License (GPL).