Not understanding --exclude-path

[Aariq]

If I want to check links in all .md files, recursively, but exclude the directory renv/, wouldn't I do something like this?

lychee --exclude-path '^renv\/' '**/*.md'

It seems like the path glob is overriding the exclude path regexp or maybe I'm just doing something wrong.

[thomas-zahner]

Thanks for raising this question.

It seems like the path glob is overriding the exclude path regexp or maybe I'm just doing something wrong.

Yes, I think that's exactly what happens. Specific files take precedence over excluded paths. Your '**/*.md' expands to the specific markdown files, so excluded paths have no effect. Also your ^ in the excluded path might not work as expected. This can be debugged with --dump-inputs.

Instead, you want to probably use lychee --exclude-path '\/renv\/' . or to only exactly check .md files lychee --exclude-path '\/renv\/' --extensions md .

[Aariq]

Thanks! I didn't see the --extensions flag—that's exactly what I need.

[thomas-zahner]

Awesome, great to hear 👍

[Aariq]

Had to update lychee, but now this works.