https://bz.mercurial-scm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6883
Bug ID: 6883
Summary: hg add: implicit add behaviour change
Product: Mercurial
Version: 6.7.4
Hardware: PC
OS: Windows
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: feature
Priority: wish
Component: Mercurial
Assignee: bugzi...@mercurial-scm.org
Reporter: mathias.dem...@gmail.com
CC: mercurial-de...@mercurial-scm.org
Python Version: ---
We had a use case where we import files from an external system. To do so, we
ran an 'hg rm' on a directory, copied over the new files from the external
system and ran 'hg add'.
This behaviour seems to have been changed/broken by:
changeset: 52938:b8f9911c8dca
user: Martin von Zweigbergk <martinv...@google.com>
date: Wed Nov 29 08:32:24 2023 -0800
files: mercurial/cmdutil.py tests/test-symlinks.t
description:
add: don't attempt to add back removed files unless explicitly listed
It sounds like the behaviour change is on purpose, I'm still filing it to at
least mention that we're seeing impact.
Would it make sense to add a small note in 'hg help add' for this behaviour
change? I could send a patch...
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