How do you disable mercurial from leaving .orig files after a merge?
After updating TortoiseHg+Mercurial a while back I am starting to get .orig files after merges. I have looked at the solutions for removing/purging them but I am looking for a way to disable the files from being left behind. After doing merges fine without these files appearing I was wondering if this was something new that could be turned back off.
Answer
Update:
According to the Mercurial config documentation the defaults section is deprecated. The Mercurial wiki is also particularly critical of their use. The recommended replacement is to create a command alias (while not shadowing built in commands) that provides the functionality you are looking for. Here's what I've switched to in my config.
[alias]
undo = revert --no-backup
Original:
I stumbled across this while experiencing the exact same problem. I had been just dealing with it and deleting the .orig files, since I never seem to need them. The best recommendation I've found was on StackOverflow and suggests using the defaults section of your hgrc file. To address this specifically, add the following section:
[defaults]
revert = --no-backup