[MERGE] add --detritus option to ls

[Martin Pool]

On 16 Jun 2006, John Yates <jyates at netezza.com> wrote:
> Martin Pool writes:
> 
> > Backups are a more interesting case... by naming them foo~ we comply  
> > with general practice but this does mean that deleting them will also  
> > clobber any backups created by vim, emacs, etc.
> 
> Robert Collins replies:
> 
> > I consider that a feature :).
> 
> I long ago configured emacs to place my ~ backup files in a separate
> directory.  Thus a claim that dropping ~ files into my workspace is a
> common -- and hence presumably acceptable -- practice carries little
> weight.  Could bzr provide a means of segregating such backup files in
> some less obtrusive location?

Hm, I suppose we could relocate them to a different directory as emacs
and vi do.  I don't see it as urgent but a patch would be considered.

-- 
Martin