Mercurial: Globally Ignore Files

Question

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 somethi

Answer 1

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