Is there a way to exclude certain directories?

[pcompassion]

I'd like to exclude certain directories when searching.

[yasuyk]

Thank you for the suggestion. git-grep has no --exclude-dir option unlike GNU grep. However, It seems possible by executing the following commands.

git grep <pattern> -- `git ls-files | grep -v <exclude-file-name-pattern>`

I will try it. Please wait for some time.

[yasuyk]

@pcompassion I have implemented this feature. Please try helm-git-grep-with-exclude-file-pattern command. Note that it excludes not only derectories but also files which match exclude-file-pattern.

[yasuyk]

@pcompassion I would be happy if you could give me any feedback.

[pcompassion]

wow, I wasn't expecting it to be implemented fast.
Basic functionality (excluding a pattern) seems to work.

I'm reporting errors I had

1. if there is a non-ascii filename in the git repository
   fatal: "momsite/momsplanner/data/Data\353\ 263\204 2\354\260\250 \354\244\221\354\232\224 \354\271\264\355\205\214\352\263\240\353\246|254.docx": no such path in the working tree.
2. if I give regex like foo_|bar_ , it fails with exit code 127
   (It's always hard for me to use the right regex syntax for emacs. How do I exclude multiple patterns?)

Thanks for the great work though!

[yasuyk]

Thank you for your feedback!

1. if there is a non-ascii filename in the git repository
   fatal: "momsite/momsplanner/data/Data\353\ 263\204 2\354\260\250 \354\244\221\354\232\224 \354\271\264\355\205\214\352\263\240\353\246|254.docx": no such path in the working tree.

I try this issue with Japanese filename, and can't reproduce it. Could you tell me the precise file name?

1. if I give regex like foo_|bar_ , it fails with exit code 127
   (It's always hard for me to use the right regex syntax for emacs. How do I exclude multiple patterns?)

This issue was fixed at #5. You can use POSIX ERE like foo_|bar_ to exclude multiple patterns now.

[pcompassion]

1. Data별 2차 중요 카테고리.docx
   (korean)

foo_|bar_ works fine now

[yasuyk]

@pcompassion Thanks!

I added Data별 2차 중요 카테고리.docx to git repository, but can't reproduce that issue. I use Emacs 24.3.50.1 on OS X 10.9. It seems that the cause is operating system encoding.