Subject: bug#22003: 24.5; *vc-dir* show ignored files for Mercurial

From: Dmitry Gutov <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 00:54:15 +0300

On 05/05/2016 08:32 PM, Nikolay Kudryavtsev wrote:

> Then what would be the point of ignoring that file in the first place?

Usually you ignore multiple of files, and don't edit them every session. 
Then they don't clutter the status buffer.

Anyway, we'll have to dig a bit into this. Maybe it's a bug; the Git 
backend doesn't seen to show this behavior.

> Also, want to note that hiding ignored files is not "x", but "C-u x"
> with the point at some ignored file.

How sure are you about that?

The docstring confirms what I said, at least.