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How to include just some subdirectory excluding all envelop tree

Subject: How to include just some subdirectory excluding all envelop tree

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3 messages between Mar 7, 2016 and Mar 7, 2016.

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Olga Pshenichnikova· Mar 7, 2016, 19:01 UTC · lore

I have some tree structure:

/a /a/a /a/b .. /a/z /b .. (thousands of folders) /z

How can I control just /a/a folder? What exclude file should be?

The way we use now is:

/a/* /b/ .. (thousands of folders) /z/ !/a/a

But it is very not nice looking and hard for maintenance...

Kevin Daudt· Mar 7, 2016, 21:06 UTC · re: Olga Pshenichnikova · lore

Re: How to include just some subdirectory excluding all envelop tree

On Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 10:01:52PM +0300, Olga Pshenichnikova wrote:

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> I have some tree structure:
> 
> /a
> /a/a
> /a/b
> ..
> /a/z
> /b
> .. (thousands of folders)
> /z
> 
> How can I control just /a/a folder?
> What exclude file should be?
> 
> The way we use now is:
> 
> /a/*
> /b/
> .. (thousands of folders)
> /z/
> !/a/a
> 
> But it is very not nice looking and hard for maintenance...

Don't know your usecase, but isn't it easier to just create the repository in /a/a? Then you won't have to exlude anything.

If you must, you can just use something like:

 *
 !/a
 /a/*
 !/a/a

Olga Pshenichnikova· Mar 7, 2016, 21:14 UTC · re: Kevin Daudt · lore

Re: How to include just some subdirectory excluding all envelop tree

Thank you very much! The exclamation mark solves my problem. I can not create repository inside /a, because I need control /b also )

On 03/08/2016 12:06 AM, Kevin Daudt wrote:

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> On Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 10:01:52PM +0300, Olga Pshenichnikova wrote:
>> I have some tree structure:
>>
>> /a
>> /a/a
>> /a/b
>> ..
>> /a/z
>> /b
>> .. (thousands of folders)
>> /z
>>
>> How can I control just /a/a folder?
>> What exclude file should be?
>>
>> The way we use now is:
>>
>> /a/*
>> /b/
>> .. (thousands of folders)
>> /z/
>> !/a/a
>>
>> But it is very not nice looking and hard for maintenance...
> Don't know your usecase, but isn't it easier to just create the repository
> in /a/a? Then you won't have to exlude anything.
>
> If you must, you can just use something like:
>
>   *
>   !/a
>   /a/*
>   !/a/a