mercurialhgignorehgrc

Mercurial: Globally Ignore Files

I know about .hgignore and how I can ignore files on a project-by-project basis. I want to ignore stuff for all Mercurial repositories.

Is there something I can stick in .hgrc? Or put a .hgignore in my $HOME path (I tried that already but maybe I did something wrong).

Solution

  • You can add a path to a global or per-user ignore file in the [ui] section of your global/user hgrc or Mercurial.ini:

    [ui]
ignore = ~/.hgignore

    On Windows:

    [ui]
ignore = %USERPROFILE%\.hgignore