This patch has been applied to upstream tar in version 1.21, so I'm
going to mark this bug as fixed.
** Changed in: tar (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Fix Released
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--exclude-vcs should exclude Mercurial files
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/239353
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I believe the attached debdiff changes --exclude-vcs as I described. The
diff is against the tar in Hardy (1.19) although it should apply against
1.20 as well.
** Attachment added: "tar-exclude-vcs.debdiff"
http://launchpadlibrarian.net/15237964/tar-exclude-vcs.debdiff
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--exclude-vcs should