How does the exclude option work

[OlaoluwaM]

What format does it accept? Strings? Regexes? Is there a way to differentiate between directories and files?

[o2sh]

Hi @OlaoluwaM, we use globbing patterns as the format for the --exclude pattern, which is the same format used in the .gitignore file, BTW, onefetch will respect all .gitignore and .ignore files in your repository.

The --exclude option affects two aspects:

1. The LOC computation -> "Lines of code" info line and the Languages distribution. You can use this option to exclude both files (ex.: onefetch -e **/info/*.rs) and directories (ex.: onefetch -e src/info)
2. The churn files -> In that case only files can be excluded via the option.