recursive commands?

[Gavin Panella]

On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 05:49:09 +0000 (UTC)
knubee <knubee at gmail.com> wrote:

> is there a straightforward way to tell bzr to ignore all files (including those
> in subdirectories) of a certain pattern?
> 
> example: 
> 
>   bzr ignore *.*~ does not seem to descend into subdirectories

Check what is ending up in your .bzrignore file. It could be that your
shell is expanding *.*~ into real file names. If so, either edit
.bzrignore or quote the pattern in the command:

  bzr ignore '*.*~'

> 
>   bzr -R ignore *.*~ generates an "unknown flag" error
> 
> actually, this is just a specific case of the more general question: how to have
> bzr commands (e.g., ignore, remove, etc.) applied to files in subdirectories?
> 
> thanks.