keeping the data from underscore-prefixed files, but ignoring in nav

builder/pattern_assembler.js

@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@
       var filename = path.basename(file);
       var ext = path.extname(filename);
 
-      //ignore _underscored patterns, dotfiles, and non-variant .json files
-      if(filename.charAt(0) === '_' || filename.charAt(0) === '.' || (ext === '.json' && filename.indexOf('~') === -1)){
+      //ignore dotfiles and non-variant .json files
+      if(filename.charAt(0) === '.' || (ext === '.json' && filename.indexOf('~') === -1)){
         return;
       }
 
@@ -145,14 +145,16 @@
       pseudopattern_hunter = new pph();
 
       //find current pattern in patternlab object using var file as a key
-      var currentPattern, i;
+      var currentPattern,
+      i;
+
       for(i = 0; i < patternlab.patterns.length; i++){
         if(patternlab.patterns[i].abspath === file){
           currentPattern = patternlab.patterns[i];
         }
       }
 
-      //return if processing a non-variant .json file
+      //return if processing an ignored file
       if(typeof currentPattern === 'undefined'){
         return;
       }

builder/patternlab.js

@@ -165,6 +165,11 @@ var patternlab_engine = function () {
     i;
 
     for (i = 0; i < patternlab.patterns.length; i++) {
+      // skip underscore-prefixed files
+      if (path.basename(patternlab.patterns[i].abspath).charAt(0) === '_') {
+        continue;
+      }
+
       var pattern = patternlab.patterns[i];
 
       // check if the current sub section is different from the previous one
@@ -193,6 +198,11 @@ var patternlab_engine = function () {
     //loop through all patterns.to build the navigation
     //todo: refactor this someday
     for(var i = 0; i < patternlab.patterns.length; i++){
+      // skip underscore-prefixed files
+      if (path.basename(patternlab.patterns[i].abspath).charAt(0) === '_') {
+        continue;
+      }
+
       var pattern = patternlab.patterns[i];
       var bucketName = pattern.name.replace(/\\/g, '-').split('-')[1];