self.root == '/': prefix length computation out of the loop
- put the computation out of the loop
- change the variable to a more meaningful name
syntax: glob
*.elc
*.orig
*.rej
*~
*.o
*.so
*.pyc
*.swp
*.prof
tests/.coverage*
tests/annotated
tests/*.err
build
contrib/hgsh/hgsh
dist
doc/*.[0-9]
doc/*.[0-9].gendoc.txt
doc/*.[0-9].{x,ht}ml
MANIFEST
patches
mercurial/__version__.py
syntax: regexp
^\.pc/
Output/Mercurial-[0-9.]*.exe