# HG changeset patch
# User mpm@selenic.com
# Date 1115175112 28800
# Node ID b4d0c3786ad3e47beacf8412157326a32b6d25a4
# Parent  e5a480dadca3e787276a0657997d65b9fbedfbee
Ignore empty ignore patterns



diff --git a/mercurial/hg.py b/mercurial/hg.py
--- a/mercurial/hg.py
+++ b/mercurial/hg.py
@@ -269,7 +269,8 @@ class repository:
             try:
                 l = open(os.path.join(self.root, ".hgignore")).readlines()
                 for pat in l:
-                    self.ignorelist.append(re.compile(pat[:-1]))
+                    if pat != "\n":
+                        self.ignorelist.append(re.compile(pat[:-1]))
             except IOError: pass
         for pat in self.ignorelist:
             if pat.search(f): return True