Re: [Monotone-devel] Feature Request: enhanced .mtn-ignore

[Chad Walstrom]

The .mtn-ignore file is a convenience file for a the lua hook
"ignore_file(name)" in your ~/.monotone/monotonerc file.  The default
can be found in the manual or on-line, here:

http://venge.net/monotone/docs/Default-hooks.html#Default-hooks

You could probably do some basic string parsing inside a custom lua
function to recognize exclude/include keywords and adjust the actions
accordingly.

I have used my own ignore_file(name) lua function for a reason I don't
recall.  In any case, this is what I use:

function ignore_file(name)
        if (string.find(name, "%.pyc$")) then return true end
        if (string.find(name, "%.pyo$")) then return true end
        if (string.find(name, "%.a$")) then return true end
        if (string.find(name, "%.so$")) then return true end
        if (string.find(name, "%.o$")) then return true end
        if (string.find(name, "%.la$")) then return true end
        if (string.find(name, "%.lo$")) then return true end
        if (string.find(name, "%.aux$")) then return true end
        if (string.find(name, "%.bak$")) then return true end
        if (string.find(name, "%.orig$")) then return true end
        if (string.find(name, "%.rej$")) then return true end
        if (string.find(name, "%~$")) then return true end
        if (string.find(name, "/core$")) then return true end
        if (string.find(name, "^CVS/")) then return true end
        if (string.find(name, "/CVS/")) then return true end
        if (string.find(name, "^%.svn/")) then return true end
        if (string.find(name, "/%.svn/")) then return true end
        if (string.find(name, "^SCCS/")) then return true end
        if (string.find(name, "/SCCS/")) then return true end
        if (string.find(name, ".DS_Store$")) then return true end
        if (string.find(name, "autom4te.cache$")) then return true end
        return false;
end

So, lots of possibilities there, without having to hack in to the mtn
binary itself.
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