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Mercurial .hgignore file on Windows
The .hgignore
file in Mercurial is used to specify files and directories that should be ignored by Mercurial when tracking changes. To create a .hgignore
file on Windows, you can follow these steps:
Open a text editor:
Open a text editor such as Notepad or Notepad++.Create a new file:
Create a new file by selecting "File" -> "New" from the menu.Save the file:
Save the file as.hgignore
in the root directory of your Mercurial repository.Edit the file:
Edit the file to specify the files and directories that you want to ignore. Each line in the.hgignore
file specifies a pattern that matches files or directories that should be ignored. Here are some examples:bash# Ignore all .txt files
*.txt
# Ignore all files in the build/ directory
build/*
# Ignore all files in the temp/ directory and its subdirectories
temp/**
# Ignore a specific file
path/to/file.txt
Save the file:
Save the file after making changes.
Once you have created the .hgignore
file and specified the files and directories to be ignored, Mercurial will automatically ignore these files and directories when tracking changes. This can be useful for preventing temporary or generated files from being committed to the repository, or for ignoring files that are specific to your local development environment.