[Bug 4119] New: don't list the content of untracked directories in status command
Josef 'Jeff' Sipek
jeffpc at josefsipek.net
Thu Jul 13 22:44:13 UTC 2017
It's been a while since this bug got closed as WONTFIX. I'm wondering if
the developers' thoughts about this changed since then.
(I wouldn't mind if this functionality was behind an argument or a config
option.)
Thanks,
Jeff.
On Tue, Dec 03, 2013 at 07:59:33 +0000, mercurial-bugs at selenic.com wrote:
> http://bz.selenic.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4119
>
> Priority: normal
> Bug ID: 4119
> CC: mercurial-devel at selenic.com
> Assignee: bugzilla at selenic.com
> Summary: don't list the content of untracked directories in
> status command
> Severity: feature
> Classification: Unclassified
> OS: Linux
> Reporter: denis at laxalde.org
> Hardware: PC
> Status: UNCONFIRMED
> Version: unspecified
> Component: Mercurial
> Product: Mercurial
>
> Hi,
>
> The status command lists all untracked files by default. This can be quite
> expensive (especially when working remotely) when one has, e.g., a build
> directory full of temporary files. While one can always add these to .hgignore
> or use -q option, I would like to suggest that the status command only lists
> top-level directories if there's only untracked files inside, instead of
> listing there full content.
>
> Thanks for considering,
> Denis
>
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