.hgignore itself is version controlled. I've added some object dirs i want to ignore but i do not want to commit these changes to .hgignore. What do i do?
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possible duplicate of [hg local ignore](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/996562/hg-local-ignore) – dimo414 Jun 10 '15 at 03:25
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The title is really misleading. OP wants to _extend_ hgignore without putting the additional ignores into it. – Jürgen A. Erhard Nov 14 '22 at 02:13
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Add the following to the repo's .hg/hgrc:
[ui]
ignore = /path/to/repo/.hg/hgignore
and create a new file .hg/hgignore beside it. This new file will be untracked, but work the same as the versioned .hgignore file for this specific working copy. (The /path/to/repo bit is unfortunate but necessary to make it work when invoking hg from within a subdir of the repo.)
Source: Mercurial Tips and Tricks
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Ironically enough, you can also just add
syntax:glob
.hgignore
To the .hgignore file itself.
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2if the rep is already tracking .hgignore you would need to forget it first – jk. Jun 14 '11 at 07:48