eslintignore ! not working. (exclude)

[rstudner]

Using eslint 2.5.1

my .eslintignore file is:

node_modules
app/assets/javascripts
!app/assets/javascripts/pickAnyFolder

This doesn't work. It ignores pickAnyFolder. I can't seem to use the ! syntax at all with 'conflicting rules'.

Is this a known issue (I can't seem to find it)

so I have to do:

node_modules
app/assets/javascripts/folder1
...
app/assets/javascripts/foldern

basically... and then just not include a specific directory in the ignore. Pain!

[ilyavolodin]

@rstudner v2.5.1 had some known issues with npm bundling, could you try this same thing with v2.5.3 please?

[rstudner]

Didn't make any positive difference. The ! appears to not be working.

BTW, I'll try from the command line -- i'm currently using RubyMine to 'visualize' the results and possibly this is affecting things

(though again, if I don't try to rely on !, everything works 100%)

[alberto]

You can't unignore something in an ignored folder.

Instead, you can do

app/assets/javascripts/**
!app/assets/javascripts/pickAnyFolder

[rstudner]

alberto - I tried that as well (as below)

node_modules
app/assets/javascripts/**
!app/assets/javascripts/visibility_dashboard
spec

It won't run on any files under visibility_dashboard with the above.

I tried
!app/assets/javascripts/visibility_dashboard/** as well of course.

[alberto]

Confirmed on 2.5.3

[alberto]

I'll have a look at this

[IanVS]

I think the double globstar (**) is not what you want here. Instead, it should be:

app/assets/javascripts/*
!app/assets/javascripts/pickAnyFolder

With that syntax, everything works as expected when I test (meaning, everything is ignored except for pickAnyFolder).

[rstudner]

I believe a "great odin's raven" works out nicely here.

That works for me as well thanks :)

Now, the key, is that how it is supposed to work hah.

[IanVS]

Yes, our .eslintignore file is supposed to work the same way as a .gitignore file. And using a trailing ** doesn't work in a .gitignore file either.

[alberto]

@IanVS According to the git docs it should, but I tested on my machine (git 2.6.2) and it didn't work either. Maybe the docs are wrong?

[zirho]

To exclude nested folders, something like this works.

public/js/*
!public/js/webpack
public/js/webpack/*
!public/js/webpack/src