fdexclude/exclude configuration file, similar to fdignore/ignore configuration file

[pallaswept]

Being a user of the BTRFS file system, I always want to exclude directories named .snapshot, otherwise I end up searching every snapshot on the drive, something which makes the search significantly longer (in real terms, it's 137 times as long - I measured it to be 44.059s vs 0.320s to find every file searching from the root), and I would rarely want to do (actually I've never had a purpose to do so).

This can easily be done by using either -E '/.snapshots/', implemented in an alias, or, more conveniently, I could simply add those directories to the $HOME/.config/fd/ignore config file, or an .fdignore file in the locations which contain snapshots.

However, my use-case is such that I almost never want to have files ignored from the search - in other words, I would generally also apply the -u argument. The -u argument has the effect of negating the effect of the fdignore/ignore config files.

This means that my only real means to achieve the desired effect is to use an alias which applies -u -E '/.snapshots/'. This is not really a problem - but having a configuration file for excludes, just as the configuration file for ignores, would be a 'nice-to-have'. It has occurred to me that this might also demand the need for a --no-exclude argument, to avoid said configuration files, just as the --no-ignore does for the ignore config files.

No pressure, no rush on this one - obviously I have a perfectly effective (although somewhat less convenient) workaround in the form of aliases, and I can use that in the mean time, or if you would prefer not to implement this FR at all... But it would be nice :)

Thanks in advance, and for an exceedingly fast replacement for ye olde find!

[tmccombs]

This is exactly the sort of thing fdignore was designed for. Would --no-ignore-vcs --hidden meet your need? That won't respect .gitignore files, and will show hidden files, but will still respect .fdignore and .ignore.

I don't really want to add yet another type of ignore file.

Besides adding complexity, I think this would be confusing for many users.

[pallaswept]

Would --no-ignore-vcs --hidden meet your need?

Well, I was kinda hoping to replace options in an alias, with a config file, but...

I don't really want to add yet another type of ignore file.

Besides adding complexity, I think this would be confusing for many users.

Fair enough! I'll keep using the alias for now. Thanks for taking a look at this!