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Mercurial .hgignore file on Windows

Using mercurial on Windows 10.

I have a .hgignore which reads so

syntax: glob
._site/**

When I run hg status I get

? .hgignore
? _posts\T1C.save
? _site\Tate\index.html
? _site\X1Ct\index.html
? _site\o
? o
? o1

Why do I get the files under _site directory even though I have site/** inside .hgignore

I tried changing the \ in .hgignore to / - but it doesn't make a difference.

Solution

  • To ignore an entire directory, just use the pure directory name.

    syntax: glob
._site

    Mercurial on Windows can handle backslashes in ignore files.