On Mar 5, 2011, at 8:44 AM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > On Sat, 5 Mar 2011 08:36:04 -0800 > Daniel Stutzbach <stutzb...@google.com> wrote: > >> On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 5:54 AM, Tim Delaney >> <timothy.c.dela...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> If those were to be removed from .hgignore then there would be a high >>> likelihood of someone doing "hg addremove" and inadvertently tracking them. >>> The purpose of .hgignore is to prevent inadventently tracking files that >>> shouldn't be tracked. >>> >> >> If the goal is to prevent something from being committed, shouldn't the >> check go in a pre-commit hook instead? > > Well, it's more user-friendly to help "hg addremove" work as expected, > rather than add hooks down the line to forbid pushing any mistakes.
I concur. Raymond _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com