Windows Compressed Folders avoids Mercurial repo folder .hg

Creating a zip file using Send To -> Compressed folder excludes .hg folder on Windows 7. The same behavior is seen in XP. Is it because folder name starts开发者_运维问答 with a dot ?

Mercurial creates .hg folder to hold the repository. Whenever the working folder is zipped, it leaves .hg folder out of compressed .zip file.

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Try using 7-zip or another archival utility to compress the files, since Windows doesn't generally like filenames starting with ..

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Yes zip skips compressing the floders that start with "." on windows below version 7

See : How does WinXP's "Send to Compressed (zipped) Folder" decide what to include in zip file?

I would suggest that you tar the file before you zip it. This way you will ensure that those folders are included. Tar handles them.