Is there a way to use mercurial to manage file names rather than content?

[Chris Green]

On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 12:29:33PM +0200, Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide via Mercurial wrote:
> Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> writes:
> 
> > Is there a way to record the file *names* in a directory hierarchy
> > rather than their contents?
> 
> Do you mean something like the lfs extension? 
> https://www.mercurial-scm.org/doc/hg.1.html#lfs
> 
> Depending on the setting, this then tracks the filenames and can store
> the content in a backing store instead of inside the repository.
> 
> By using the file-endpoint, you’d just have local copies of the files.
> 
Yes, that seems like it could be the sort of thing I'm looking for,
thanks again Arne.

I'll disappear again now! :-)

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Chris Green