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Expand Up @@ -68,10 +68,11 @@ for full details, see :ref:`running-mypy`.
checked. For instance, ``mypy --exclude '/setup.py$'
but_still_check/setup.py``.

In particular, ``--exclude`` does not affect mypy's :ref:`import following
<follow-imports>`. You can use a per-module :confval:`follow_imports` config
option to additionally avoid mypy from following imports and checking code
you do not wish to be checked.
In particular, ``--exclude`` does not affect mypy's discovery of files
via :ref:`import following <follow-imports>`. You can use a per-module
:confval:`ignore_errors` config option to silence errors from a given module,
or a per-module :confval:`follow_imports` config option to additionally avoid
mypy from following imports and checking code you do not wish to be checked.

Note that mypy will never recursively discover files and directories named
"site-packages", "node_modules" or "__pycache__", or those whose name starts
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