--show-gitignored, but do not enter

[jaklan]

broot allows special paths in the config:

special_paths: {
    "/media/slow-backup-disk"             : no-enter
    "/home/dys/useless"                   : hide
    "/home/dys/my-link-I-want-to-explore" : enter
}

which are quite useful for dealing e.g. with .git folders:

special_paths: {
    "**/.git": no-enter
}

so they are still visible in broot (especially when used as a replaced for tree), but don't mess the output with their content.

It would be nice to achieve similar effect with git-ignored directores.

[Canop]

Reformulation: It looks to me that the solution would be

• a new mode in which gitignored files are displayed but not automatically entered
• the verbs toggling this mode

[faelin]

@Canop did you ever resolve this issue?

[Canop]

@faelin I didn't. I'm not even sure of the needs or best ergonomics here. Comments welcome.

(most especially, as I'm dealing with a dozen projects atm, I have to estimate priorities and people telling they're interested are probably the best hint to me)

[faelin]

I agree with your reformulation, except that only directories that are git-ignored should be shown (and not entered), while git-ignored file nodes should remain hidden by default.

[faelin]

As a separate (but related) request—which I might move into a separate [feature request] issue—it would be extremely nice to be able to pass special-paths to broot via CLI flags, as in

$> broot --hide="/home/dys/useless" --no-enter="/media/slow-backup-disk" --no-enter="**/.git" --enter="/home/dys/git-ignored-path"

(not that in my example, flags can be repeated multiple times, but semicolon-separated paths might be acceptable instead)

[Canop]

Not sure about the best arg syntax but this feature sounds reasonable and with no downside. Please create a separate issue for it.