On empty target folder, add the option to ignore a pattern.

manifest.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 	"id": "bulk-exporter",
 	"name": "Bulk Exporter",
-	"version": "2.0.6",
+	"version": "2.0.7",
 	"minAppVersion": "0.15.0",
 	"description": "Use Dataview queries to export a set of notes with assets",
 	"author": "symunona",

src/export/exporter.ts

@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ export async function exportSelection(
 
 	// If emptying target folder is set, remove all files and folders within.
 	if (settings.emptyTargetFolder) {
-		rmDirContent(settings.outputFolder)
+		rmDirContent(settings.outputFolder, settings.emptyTargetFolderIgnore)
 	}
 
 	for (const fileIndex in fileList) {

src/models/bulk-export-settings.ts

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ export const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: BulkExportSettings = {
 	outputFolder: "output",
 	exportQuery: "blog",
 	emptyTargetFolder: false,
+	emptyTargetFolderIgnore: '',
+
 	isPublishedField: '',
 	assetPath: "assets",
 	outputFormat: '${blog}/${slug}',
@@ -25,6 +27,8 @@ export interface BulkExportSettings {
 	exportQuery: string;
 	isPublishedField: string;
 	emptyTargetFolder: boolean;
+	emptyTargetFolderIgnore: string,
+
 	preserveWikiLinks: boolean;
 	normalizeSpacesInLinks: boolean;
 

src/settings/export-settings-tab.ts

@@ -165,10 +165,37 @@ export class OutputSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
 					.setValue(settings.emptyTargetFolder)
 					.onChange(async (value) => {
 						settings.emptyTargetFolder = value;
+						if (value){
+							ignorePatterns.settingEl.show()
+						} else {
+							ignorePatterns.settingEl.hide()
+						}
 						await this.plugin.saveSettingsWithRefresh();
 					})
 			);
 
+		const linkToGlobDocs = createEl('a', { href: 'https://globster.xyz/', text: 'Glob pattern matcher' })
+		const ignoreInfo = createSpan({ text: `Files in the root folder matching this pattern will NOT be deleted. E.g. ignore 'engine' and 'rest' folders, just type in {engine,rest} - ` })
+		ignoreInfo.append(linkToGlobDocs)
+		const ignoreMatcherElement = document.createDocumentFragment()
+		ignoreMatcherElement.append(ignoreInfo)
+
+		const ignorePatterns = new Setting(containerEl)
+			.setName("Ignore Delete Glob Pattern")
+			.setDesc(ignoreMatcherElement)
+			.addText((text) =>
+				text
+					.setPlaceholder("*")
+					.setValue(settings.emptyTargetFolderIgnore)
+					.onChange(async (value) => {
+						settings.emptyTargetFolderIgnore = value
+						await this.plugin.saveSettingsWithRefresh();
+					})
+			);
+		if (!settings.emptyTargetFolder){ ignorePatterns.settingEl.hide() }
+
+
+
 
 		containerEl.createEl('h2', { text: 'Preview' })
 
@@ -195,7 +222,7 @@ export class OutputSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
 					.setPlaceholder("*")
 					.setValue(settings.headerFieldsToShow.join(', '))
 					.onChange(async (value) => {
-						settings.headerFieldsToShow = value.split(',').map(v=>v.trim()).filter(v=>v);
+						settings.headerFieldsToShow = value.split(',').map(v => v.trim()).filter(v => v);
 						await this.plugin.saveSettingsWithRefresh();
 					})
 			);

src/ui/button-with-loader.ts

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export class ButtonWithLoader {
                 loadingIcon.style.display = 'none'
                 errorIcon.style.display = 'block'
                 onError(e)
+                console.error(e)
             }
             button.disabled = false
         })

src/utils/delete-folder-content.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,25 @@
 import { existsSync, lstatSync, readdirSync, rmSync, unlinkSync } from "fs";
 import { join } from "path";
+import { globSync } from 'glob'
+import { log } from "./log";
 
-export function rmDirContent(directoryPath: string) {
+export function rmDirContent(directoryPath: string, ignorePattern: string) {
     if (existsSync(directoryPath)) {
+        const fileMap: {[key: string]: boolean} = {}
+        if (ignorePattern){
+            const matching =
+                globSync(ignorePattern, {cwd: directoryPath})
+                    .forEach((filePath)=>fileMap[filePath] = true)
+            console.warn(matching)
+        }
+
         readdirSync(directoryPath).forEach((file) => {
+            // Keep if!
+            if (fileMap[file]) {
+                log('Not deleting file/folder as it is matching ignore rule: ', file)
+                return
+            }
+
             const curPath = join(directoryPath, file);
 
             if (lstatSync(curPath).isDirectory()) {