After migration to Git, this serves no purpose. The file is not updated, does not seem to be used. We can easily remove it.
There is also .hgtags, but that might have some value for verification, so let's keep it around until Mercurial repos are completely dead for everyone. .hgtags removal is tracked as JDK-8254318. ------------- Commit messages: - 8254178: Remove .hgignore - Revert "8254178: Remove .hgtags and .hgignore" - 8254178: Remove .hgtags and .hgignore Changes: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/549/files Webrev: https://webrevs.openjdk.java.net/?repo=jdk&pr=549&range=00 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8254178 Stats: 18 lines in 1 file changed: 0 ins; 18 del; 0 mod Patch: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/549.diff Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk pull/549/head:pull/549 PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/549
