Our company policy is not to back up hidden folders. Is it possible to change the .hg folder name to something visible?
+1
A:
There's no way to rename that directory using standard mercurial configuration options. If you're on unix, and I'm guessing your are if .hg sounds hidden, you could use a pre-backup script (or cron job) to snapshot it using cp -al into something with a different name. Using -l gets you hardlinks, so it won't actually take up extra disk.
However, most people back up their .hg repositories with a push to a different mercurial server, which can be easily scripted too.
Ry4an
2010-08-31 20:00:48
A:
Can you create a tar archive of the repository before your company's backup cycle runs via cron?
Chris Smith
2010-08-31 20:15:23
A:
You can always try to fool the back up system by creating a link to the .hg folder with a "backupable" name.
gizmo
2010-09-01 19:55:34