How can I create this file in a directory in windows 2003 SP2:
.hgignore
I get error: You must type a file name.
That's a "feature" of Windows Explorer. Try to create your files from a command line (or from a batch/program you wrote) and it should work fine. Try this from a dos prompt:
echo Hello there! > .hgignore
By the way Raymond Chen had a blog post about this topic a while back:
Why doesn't Explorer let you create a file whose name begins with a dot? (archive.org link with comments: https://web.archive.org/web/20100305064616/http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2008/04/14/8389268.aspx)
In which he mentions
You can do it from the command line or use your favorite file management tool.
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