Re: default exclude patterns

["Joe Shaw" <joe joeshaw org>]

Hi,

On 4/8/07, Phil <pod internode on net> wrote:
>   One thing that troubles me though is the built in exclude patterns in
> FileNameFilter.cs.  What if I want to index Makefiles or files in dot
> directories?

As the FIXME in there says, they probably shouldn't be hardcoded.

>   I believe that default excludes should be installed in the user's
> config files at install time rather than hard coded. Then the
> default behaviour would be no different from the user's perspective
> but the excludes could be removed if the user wishes.

To index Makefiles successfully, you'd also need a filter which could
parse them and extract meaningful text from them.  One reason why
they're in the exclude list by default is because we don't have such a
filter and since every makefile is simply named "Makefile", searches
based on the name are largely worthless.

>   Is there any way to override the built in excludes?

Not without removing them from the source, sorry.

Patches always welcome!

Thanks,
Joe