Question

I’m working on an Android game with the folder structure:

\bin
\data (contains game graphics)
\libs (libgdx engine jars)
\src
----\com
--------\brand
------------\game
                 (*.class files)

Foolishly, I created a mercurial repository (hg init) in the \src directory. Thus, if I update any of the graphics (small file sizes), they aren’t added to the repo when I commit. My question is: how can I change the root of the repo to include the \data directory as well as the \src directory, but without including the \libs directory as that includes 10-20mb jars?

Answer 1

There are two ways to do this.

1) Start a new repo. It’s quick and easy but you’ll lose your history.

2) Use hg rename. This is effectively a move command.

Rename the src directory to be something meaningful and then do this.

1. hg rename MyProject/com MyProject/src/com
2. Copy all the files/folders into the MyProject/ directory.
3. Mark bin and libs as ignorable and
4. Add everything else.
5. hg commit