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.

pushing to ../a
searching for changes
abort: unsynced remote changes!
(did you forget to sync? use push -f to force)
pulling from ../a
searching for changes
adding changesets
adding manifests
adding file changes
added 1 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files (+1 heads)
(run 'hg update' to get a working copy)
pushing to ../a
searching for changes
abort: push creates new remote branches!
(did you forget to merge? use push -f to force)
pushing to ../a
searching for changes
adding changesets
adding manifests
adding file changes
added 2 changesets with 1 changes to 1 files