Skip folder using path_patterns

[iam4code]

Hi,

Is there a way to use path_patterns to filter out folders in a maintainability check?
I would like to skip a specific check for a specific folder. Note that I do not want to skip this directory for any other checks.

I'm trying to use a path pattern like below to skip all the foo directory but this skips all the directories.

path_patterns:
  - "src/**[!foo]/*[!test].js"

path_patterns:
  - "src/**/!(foo)/*[!test].js

[wfleming]

Rub's Dir[] is used to process these glob patterns (https://github.com/codeclimate/codeclimate-grep/blob/master/lib/cc/engine/scanner.rb#L37).

Ruby's glob doesn't support the negation pattern you're using, unfortunately. But you may be able to devise a pattern that would match what you're after using reg-ex style [^foo] matchers? I linked to Ruby's docs for their globbing above, you can read those to see if you you can devise a pattern that works for you.

Aside from that, sorry, there is not currently support for this level of exclusion. If there aren't that many folders you're working with, and you can't get a [^foo] pattern to do what you want, you could list several patterns for the different folders you do want to scan.