Ignoring files

[NJAldwin]

I've been trying out nb across a couple of environments and I love it so far!

I often edit my files with emacs, which leaves <filename>~ and #<filename># files lying around in directories. I have these files ignored from git with my global gitignore (ref: Emacs gitignore); however, I've noticed they're still appearing in the index files nb uses, as well as in the nb cli itself.

The current behavior makes sense -- a user might have local files that are gitignored but might still want to view/edit them in nb.

However, I'd love to be able to explicitly denylist files like these from nb. Is there any way to apply global filters? a .nbignore file somewhere, perhaps?

Apologies if this is documented somewhere, or if it's a dupe issue -- I did a quick search in both places and didn't see anything relevant. Maybe I'm the only one using emacs here 😄

[xwmx]

Hi @NJAldwin, I published a new version, 6.9.4, that skips common editor temp files automatically as a first iteration for this feature, which can be expanded to be more configurable. Please try upgrading and let me know if the issue is resolved.

[doolin]

Seems to be working correctly now. nb with emacs org-mode is really, really good.

[xwmx]

Glad you like it! 😊

[tbdcit]

I am having a similar problem with my text editor making files that I do not want nb to index. Was there ever a way implemented to ignore certain files?

[xwmx]

@tbdcit Is it possible to share an example filename? The filename for an item can be viewed with nb show <id> --filename.

Currently nb ignores files that match a set of ignore patterns defined in the $_IGNORE_PATTERNS variable:

# $_IGNORE_PATTERNS
#
# An array of filename patterns to ignore, formatted as `sed -e` arguments.
_IGNORE_PATTERNS=(
  -e '/~$/d'
  -e '/^#.*#$/d'
  -e '/\.swa?p$/d'
  -e '/^\.#*/d'
)

If the files have a standard naming format, then we can add or expand a pattern to ignore them.

[tbdcit]

The files I want to ignore are `*_ltex.json` these are created by a `neovim` language tool plugin. Would it be possible to add a variable `$NB_IGNORE_PATTERNS` that gets read into the internal `$_IGNORE_PATTERNS` variable?

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On 3 Nov 2024, at 22:36, William Melody ***@***.***> wrote: @tbdcit <https://github.com/tbdcit> Is it possible to share an example filename? The filename for an item can be viewed with nb show <id> --filename. Currently nb ignores files that match a set of ignore patterns defined in the $_IGNORE_PATTERNS <https://github.com/xwmx/nb/blob/b055b9e47904a6e3732ec0bcbf0da0f2b97a690d/nb#L1455> variable: # $_IGNORE_PATTERNS # # An array of filename patterns to ignore, formatted as `sed -e` arguments. _IGNORE_PATTERNS=( -e '/~$/d' -e '/^#.*#$/d' -e '/\.swa?p$/d' -e '/^\.#*/d' ) If the files have a standard naming format, then we can add or expand a pattern to ignore them. — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#171 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/ALGSETQFZKTSQD5XOECDXKLZ626RDAVCNFSM6AAAAABRDDCFW6VHI2DSMVQWIX3LMV43OSLTON2WKQ3PNVWWK3TUHMZDINJTGY4DMNBZGU>. You are receiving this because you were mentioned.

[xwmx]

@tbdcit Thanks for the information. I added a pattern to ignore these files and that's now available in version 7.14.6. I'm still considering how to make this configurable.