hg forget vs entry in .hgignore

[Andreas Tscharner]

Hello World,

I noticed that there is a new command in version 1.3.1 "hg forget". Now 
I wonder what's the difference between hg forgetting a file or make an 
entry in the .hgignore file
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        (_Y_.)'  ._   )  `._ `. ``-..-'
      _..`--'_..-_/  /--'_.' .'
     (il).-''  (li).'  ((!.-'

Andreas Tscharner   andy at vis.ethz.ch   ICQ-No. 14356454