how to ignore some directories? about copycat-action

[craigh]

tried this also
src_filter: '!(/test/*|/dev/*)'
but it didn't work either

[andstor]

Hello Craig,
the current filtering mechanism only applies to file basenames. This has to do with some limitations of the Linux Find program. Your filtering wishes is therefore currently not possible to achieve.

However, I've wanted to implement a filtering mechanism that accepts general globbing patterns against file paths. This should provide what you seek. I have started working on such functionality and should have it ready shortly.

[craigh]

terrific! thank you! I look forward to it :-)

[andstor]

Hi,
i have now released a new version of Copycat, v3. Note that it is a major version update (v3.0.0) as it is not backwards compatible (mainly renamed input variables). See the CHANGELOG.md.

You should now be able to filter out folders matching test and dev by setting the new exclude input variable to the glob pattern *+(/test/|/dev/)*.

Note that src_filterhas been renamed to file_filter.

I also noticed that you are using glob patterns in the src_path in your copy-to-dist.yml file. The src_path should be set to a valid path, meaning that it should not contain glob patterns. For example /foo/bar/* should be /foo/bar/. If you want to do more complex glob pattern matching under the src_path, you should use the new filter input variable.

[craigh]

Hi There. this is awesome! thank you so much! 👏 👏 👏 👏

here is the current version which I think is working correctly. Let me know if you see anything problematic!