The answer from Michael is a fine one, but another option is to just exclude: foo/bar/** and then manually add the .jar files. You can always add files that are excluded by an ignore rule and it overrides the ignore. You just have to remember to add any jars you create in the future.
The new things are related to MSTest stuff. This is the one that I use: # use glob syntax syntax: glob *.obj *.pdb *.user *.aps *.pch *.vspscc *.vssscc *_i.c *_p.c *.ncb *.suo *.tlb *.tlh *.bak *.[Cc]ache *.ilk *.log *.lib *.sbr *.scc *.DotSettings [Bb]in [Dd]ebug*/** obj/ [Rr]elease*/** _ReSharper*/** NDependOut/** packages/** [Tt]humbs.db [Tt]est[Rr]esult* [Bb]uild[Ll]og.* *.[Pp]ublish.xml *.resharper *.ncrunch* … Read more
Using a file template is definitely the best solution. For example, if you have a database.ini file, commit a database.ini.template file and ignore database.ini in .hgignore
Here’s my standard .hgignore file for use with VS2008 that was originally modified from a Git ignore file: # Ignore file for Visual Studio 2008 # use glob syntax syntax: glob # Ignore Visual Studio 2008 files *.obj *.exe *.pdb *.user *.aps *.pch *.vspscc *_i.c *_p.c *.ncb *.suo *.tlb *.tlh *.bak *.cache *.ilk *.log *.lib … Read more