If broot hide all files in current folder (gitignored or hidden) show some hint on how unhide them

[burkov]

I've encountered a nasty problem with br which I think can be quite widespread among developers and ruins first experience with br (it took me about 30 minutes to find the root cause). At the first glance it looked like a some bug file listing permissions or similar issue, but it turned out that it is related to hidden files.

I store all my dotfiles at github. br by default ignores .gitignore-ed files, but I have .gitignore in my $HOME with * pattern as a first line (i.e. ignore ALL files except whitelisted). so br ignores ALL files in my home and shows literally nothing (dotfiles are hidden also).

I think you can show some hint in case br lists an "empty" folder, something like "press alt + i to show gitignored files, press alt + h to show hidden files"

[Canop]

It's not just the .gitignore: you must have also defined your home directory as a git repository or the gitignore rules wouldn't have been applied by broot. The usual practice is rather to symlink the relevant files.

[burkov]

yeap, that's true, I also have an initialized repository inside of my home.

The usual practice is rather to symlink the relevant files.

hm, yeap, that's a good idea :D

still I think some hint would be helpful in the described scenario

[Canop]

still I think some hint would be helpful in the described scenario

Yes, your issue stays relevant.

[Canop]

Incoming: