Would like to create some defaults for my .hgignore files in TortoiseHG/Mercurial

Question

I'd like to make it so that every time I create a new repository, certain filters automatically get added to my .hgignore files by default.

For example, for C# projects, I would like these to be added:

glob:bin/*
glob:obj/*

Is this possible? How?

If it can't be automated, is it at least safe to copy the .hgignore file from one repository to another?

Answer 1

hg add .hgignore ?

Perhaps you could clone from a repo that only had that file checked in. :)

Otherwise you'd have to write a small extension that did this in hg init somehow

Answer 2

I use ~/.hgignore and just cp that into my repo.

In my ~/.hgrc:

[ui]
ignore.other = ~/.hgignore

I just put the really obvious stuff in that one. And copy it for project specific stuff.

I don't think its quite what you're asking for as there is no automation, but it does the trick.

Windows users, see Ry4an's comment below.

Answer 3

You could use a post-init hook to do it for you:

[hooks]
post-init.ignore-bin = echo 'glob:bin/*' >> .hgignore
post-init.ignore-obj = echo 'glob:obj/*' >> .hgignore

This form only works with the mkdir sample && cd sample && hg init style of creating a repo If you use the faster hg init sample form it will dump the new .hgignore file into the current directory.

You could write a more intelligent hook script if you prefer using hg init name.

Answer 4

Just to clarify, it is safe to copy a .hgignore from one repos to another, it is just a plain old simple text file.