Feature request: .swiftbarignore file to specify ignored files, patterns or directories

[Dave Chevell]

The two current mechanisms for ignoring files are:

1. Start file/directory names with a dot
2. set the hidden flag (i.e. chflags hidden <path>)

I'd like to suggest a potentially more robust method: .ignore files, a la .gitignore or .dockerignore.

It's not always possible to set up directories starting with dots - take node's node_modules or Python's __pycache__ folders. As for chflags, I can tell you that file syncing services (including iCloud) often mess these flags up, fail to sync them, or reset them. The most robust approach I can think of would be to have a .swiftbarignore file that allowed for the same kind of basic pattern matching .gitignore or .dockerignore files allow. Perhaps you would even consider shipping one with a few sane defaults to prevent the most obvious situations.

I can't contribute much in the way of swift code but I'd happily contribute docs, find some sane defaults, etc.

(let me know if I'm becoming annoying - I don't have any other pending requests/bugs though! Unless you want to add support for escaping | in menu text 😛)

[Alex Mazanov]

Cool idea and reasoning behind it, not sure why it hadn't surfaced before.

let me know if I'm becoming annoying

You are not annoying, you are contributing in a very good way, keep it up!

Unless you want to add support for escaping | in menu text

I bet there is an obscure unicode vertical bar you can use instead 😈