HGIGNORE(8)                                           HGIGNORE(8)

     NAME
          hgignore - syntax for Mercurial ignore files

     SYNOPSIS
          The Mercurial system uses a file called .hgignore in the
          root directory of a repository to control its behavior when
          it finds files that it is not currently managing.

     DESCRIPTION
          Mercurial ignores every unmanaged file that matches any
          pattern in an ignore file. The patterns in an ignore file do
          not apply to files managed by Mercurial. To control
          Mercurial's handling of files that it manages, see the hg(1)
          man page. Look for the "-I" and "-X" options.

          In addition, a Mercurial configuration file can point to a
          set of per-user or global ignore files. See the hgrc(8) man
          page for details of how to configure these files. Look for
          the "ignore" entry in the "ui" section.

     SYNTAX
          An ignore file is a plain text file consisting of a list of
          patterns, with one pattern per line. Empty lines are
          skipped. The "#" character is treated as a comment charac-
          ter, and the "\" character is treated as an escape charac-
          ter.

          Mercurial supports several pattern syntaxes. The default
          syntax used is Python/Perl-style regular expressions.

          To change the syntax used, use a line of the following form:

          syntax: NAME

          where NAME is one of the following:

          regexp
              Regular expression, Python/Perl syntax.

          glob
              Shell-style glob.
          The chosen syntax stays in effect when parsing all patterns
          that follow, until another syntax is selected.

          Neither glob nor regexp patterns are rooted. A glob-syntax
          pattern of the form "*.c" will match a file ending in ".c"
          in any directory, and a regexp pattern of the form "\.c$"
          will do the same. To root a regexp pattern, start it with

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          "^".

     EXAMPLE
          Here is an example ignore file.

              # use glob syntax.
              syntax: glob

              *.elc
              *.pyc
              *~

              # switch to regexp syntax.
              syntax: regexp
              ^\.pc/

     AUTHOR
          Vadim Gelfer <vadim.gelfer@gmail.com>

          Mercurial was written by Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>.

     SEE ALSO
          hg(1), hgrc(8).

     COPYING
          This manual page is copyright 2006 Vadim Gelfer. Mercurial
          is copyright 2005-2007 Matt Mackall. Free use of this soft-
          ware is granted under the terms of the GNU General Public
          License (GPL).

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