On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 1:44 AM, roger peppe <rogpe...@gmail.com> wrote:

> 2009/10/2 Sam Watkins <s...@nipl.net>:
> > could be removed if anyone fixes hg.
>
> from the way the mercurial guys go on about it,
> it sounds like the fix might not be trivial.
> it does seem like a ridiculous thing, but it
> seems to be something of a religious issue with them.
>
> hg doesn't do permissions (other than execute) either AFAIK.
>
> it's no substitute for tar.
>
>
Wait, Hg can't deal with a directory with a file like ".keepme" and keep the
directory!?!  That's pretty silly.  Or do the directories have to be 100%
empty for this to work?

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