Exclude directory from Go To Anything

[shatrov]

Hello,

I use Go To Anything (Cmd+P) many times every day, but there are some system directories in my project. Is it possible to exclude several dirs from "Go To Anything"?

[C0D312]

From Preferences > Settings - Default:

    // folder_exclude_patterns and file_exclude_patterns control which files
    // are listed in folders on the side bar. These can also be set on a per-
    // project basis.
    "folder_exclude_patterns": [".svn", ".git", ".hg", "CVS"],
    "file_exclude_patterns": ["*.pyc", "*.pyo", "*.exe", "*.dll", "*.obj","*.o", "*.a", "*.lib", "*.so", "*.dylib", "*.ncb", "*.sdf", "*.suo", "*.pdb", "*.idb", ".DS_Store", "*.class", "*.psd", "*.db"],
    // These files will still show up in the side bar, but won't be included in
    // Goto Anything or Find in Files
    "binary_file_patterns": ["*.jpg", "*.jpeg", "*.png", "*.gif", "*.ttf", "*.tga", "*.dds", "*.ico", "*.eot", "*.pdf", "*.swf", "*.jar", "*.zip"],

To override this, add it to Preferences > Settings - User.

[stirrell]

This tip came in handy for me. I use the CTAGs package and was tired of getting results from .tags and .tags_sorted_by_file in my results. I added both of these files in my default settings exclude filter and solved it for all my project-wide searches. Thanks for the help!

[vitaLee]

is "binary_file_patterns" supposed to work on a per project basis?
im trying this

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{
   "folders":
   [
      {
         "path": "/Users/vitalee/Projects/Test",
      "binary_file_patterns": ["config/*.rb"]
      }
   ]
}



i expected all .rb files in config to be filtered from goto list but they're not.
shed some light please.

[Jay Levitt]

I would bet that "binary_file_patterns" is only applied to the filename portion, not the path, so you can't use "config/*.rb" as a pattern. I'd love to be wrong or to hear another way, though; I have a similar problem, system directories that I want to be able to browse but that I don't want to appear in Go To Anything.

[vitaLee]

Don't bet much, because it works as expected when pattern is added in global or user settings file.
it's just ignored on a project level.
created a topic on userecho http://sublimetext.userecho.com/topic/124477-binary_file_patterns-in-project-settings-doesnt-work/
go and vote if you care