How do I make files with a specific extension be added to a commit automatically?

Question

I'm trying to figure out how to automatically add all files of a certain extension (for example *.tex) to the commit dialogue (the checkbox should already be checked! I don't want to search for the new files every single time)

I tried adding *.tex to the auto-commit list (=comma separated list) but that doesn't do anything.

Answer 1

Mercurial has so called hooks to do stuff automatically on certain events. See also the hgrc documentation and the Mercurial wiki page on Hooks.

Your task can be done with a pre-commit hook, defined in your repository's hgrc file:

[hooks]
pre-commit = hg add -I "*.tex"

Before a commit, this hook automatically adds all not yet tracked tex files in the root of the repository's current working directory. Adjust the value of the -I option or add more -I options to specify more complex patterns of files to add automatically.

Note: I don't use TortoiseHG, so I cannot say if this hook causes any checkboxes to be pre-selected. Anyway, it should also work if you commit with TortoiseHG.