Switch to new syntax for .hgignore files. Here is the new syntax, in summary. Trailing white space is dropped. The escape character is "\". Comments start with #. Empty lines are skipped. Lines can be of the following formats: syntax: regexp # defaults following lines to non-rooted regexps syntax: glob # defaults following lines to non-rooted globs re:pattern # non-rooted regular expression glob:pattern # non-rooted glob pattern # pattern of the current default type The default pattern type is regexp, which is completely backwards compatible with the old hgignore syntax. In the dirstate class, the ignore method has been reworked to be based on the util.matcher function, by way of a new dirstate.hgignore method.

#!/bin/sh

mkdir t
cd t
hg init
echo import > port
hg add port
hg commit -m 0 -u spam -d '0 0'
echo export >> port
hg commit -m 1 -u eggs -d '1 0'
echo export > port
echo vaportight >> port
echo 'import/export' >> port
hg commit -m 2 -u spam -d '2 0'
echo 'import/export' >> port
hg commit -m 3 -u eggs -d '3 0'
head -3 port > port1
mv port1 port
hg commit -m 4 -u spam -d '4 0'
hg grep port port
echo 'FIXME: history is wrong here'
hg grep --all -nu port port
hg grep import port