From 78a2e59834d35da7a7ab8145beb7a30b59b95c90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "http://kerravonsen.dreamwidth.org/" Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 02:47:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] exclusion doesn't exclude --- doc/forum/Need_something_more_powerful_than_Exclude.mdwn | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/Need_something_more_powerful_than_Exclude.mdwn diff --git a/doc/forum/Need_something_more_powerful_than_Exclude.mdwn b/doc/forum/Need_something_more_powerful_than_Exclude.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..5e8043258 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Need_something_more_powerful_than_Exclude.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@ +When I originally looked at the "exclude" option, I thought it meant that it excluded pages completely, but it apparently doesn't. What I've found in practice is that a file which matches the "exclude" regex is excluded from *processing*, but it is still copied over to the destination directory. Thus, for example, if I have "^Makefile$" as the exclude pattern, and I have a file `src/foo/Makefile`, then that file is copied unaltered into `dest/foo/Makefile`. However, what I want is for `src/foo/Makefile` to be completely ignored: that it is not only not processed, but not even *copied* into the destination directory. + +I'm not sure if the current behaviour is a bug or a feature, but I would like a "totally ignore this file" feature if it's possible to have one. + +-- [[KathrynAndersen]]