Specifying multiple --include or --exclude paths

[chr-sk]

When creating a patch, a regex is expected for the --include and --exclude arguments. So the natural way to specify multiple paths would be a regex with a pipe ( | ) in it. For example:

npx patch-package my-module --include file1.java|file2.java

Output:

file2.java: The term 'file2.java' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

It doesn't work with quotes either:

npx patch-package my-module --include 'file1.java|file2.java'

Output:

'file2.java' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

The error occurs with PowerShell 7.0.2 under Windows 10. Under macOS everything works fine. Linux wasn't tested.

[Swor71]

@chr-sk Hey, is there any way that to do multiple files in one --include as of now? thanks!

[chr-sk]

@Swor71 I had to work around the issue by patching patch-package itself 😄

In makeRegExp.js, change the line return new RegExp(reString, caseSensitive ? "" : "i"); to return new RegExp(reString.replace(/,/g, "|"), caseSensitive ? "" : "i");

Then use the patch-package command like so: npx patch-package my-module --include 'file1.java,file2.java'

Of course, this only works if your filenames have no comma in them 😉

Btw: the error with the pipe only occurs under Windows. I've tested it with the macOS Terminal recently and the pipe worked without problems, so the patch wouldn't be neccessary there.

[Swor71]

@chr-sk thanks!

[xan105]

FYI regarding the issue where PowerShell interprets the pipe operator you have to quote the pipe character. Doubling up the quotes is an easy way of doing it:

npx patch-package modulename --exclude '"build|package.json"'

[SufianBabri]

Thanks to @xan105, I have added the following scripts to my React Native app's package.json:

"scripts": {
    "postinstall": "npx --yes patch-package",
    "create-patch": "npx --yes patch-package --exclude 'android/build/|xcodeproj'"
}

And then I create my patches like:

yarn create-patch react-native-jw-media-player

The patch gets created by excluding:

• folders named build
• files having xcodeproj in their names

PS: I am using macOS.

[trungledangAxonActive]

Thanks @xan105.