exclude folders?

redbarn · Post by **redbarn** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 8:40 am

I can't seem to manage to exclude folders in a comparison job,

in my test I'm comparing a folder called c:\test

in contains a subfolder c:\test\brol

I would like to exclude this 'brol' folder from the compare task

I've tried many type of exclude ( ":*brol*" , "brol" , ":brol" ... )

but in the result windows, I can always see files from this folder being compared, I would like to totally exclude subfolders from being compared

do I miss somethings?

Post by **psguru** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 6:19 pm

The correct way to exclude all files from c:\test\brol folder is the following exclude filter:

:*brol*

Remember that you need 3.2+ version to support this syntax. If it still doesn't work for you, please send me (privately) the following: 2 zipped directories that you are comparing, your options exported to a file, and a screenshot with files from excluded directories shown.

redbarn · Post by **redbarn** » Thu Nov 04, 2004 8:49 am

woops, apology ... I was misguided by the online help which was using quote in the examples, I was so dumb to also include quote in my exclude rules

so it works now

redbarn · Post by **redbarn** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 3:23 am

sorry to reopen this call, but I think I still miss somethings,

let's stay I compare those 2 folders:

d:\test\folder1
with
d:\test\folder2

in folder1 I have the following folders:

\department1\everyone
\department2\everyone
\department3\everyone

let's say I dont want to compare just the \department2\everyone

what would be the exact statement I have to use in the Dir Comparison exclude patterns ? I've tried most things, but can't get it work ...

Post by **psguru** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 4:43 pm

You'd need to exclude the following patterns:

:*\department1\everyone\*,:*\department3\everyone\*

redbarn · Post by **redbarn** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:18 am

didn't you mean:

:*\department2\everyone\*

since it is "\department2\everyone" I dont want to compare ...

the problem is, if I have somewhere else in my directories a folder structure named "\department2\everyone\", it will also not compare it

sorry If I'm not clear

Post by **psguru** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:33 am

didn't you mean:

:*\department2\everyone\*

since it is "\department2\everyone" I dont want to compare ...

Right. I thought you didn't want to compare the other two.

the problem is, if I have somewhere else in my directories a folder structure named "\department2\everyone\", it will also not compare it

Correct. Is this a real-life concern? Could you give me then an example where, in your experience, this happened?

redbarn · Post by **redbarn** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:56 am

lets say the structure is like this, ok it may sound dumbs, but just replace the name with somethings which make more senses

\everyone
\departments1\everyone
\finance\global\everyone
...

let's say I don't want to compare the first root folder named "\everyone",
If I understand correctly I have to use this pattern:

:*\everyone\*

but it will also exclude any other folders named "\everyone\" (such as the one found in departments1 and also in finance\global)

cant we make an exclusion using absolute path instead of relative ?

Post by **psguru** » Tue Aug 02, 2005 4:21 pm

I see.

cant we make an exclusion using absolute path instead of relative ?

The path filters (the ones starting with :) already use the absolute path of files. So in your case you'd have to prefix your filter with higher-lever directories (such as :c:\files1\everyone\* and :c:\files2\everyone\*).

xmarcus · Post by **xmarcus** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 6:30 am

Isn't there a way to exclude all folders that are level one directories in the directory you are comparing without putting the full path?

If I'm comparing
/abc
--/d
--/e
--/f

I want a way to exlude all files under /d.

I don't want to do ":*\d\*" because that will exclude "d" folders under the /abc/e directory.

And I don't want to do "c:\blah\abc\d\*" as the path c:\blah can be vary.

Thanks

Post by **psguru** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 4:17 pm

How about ":*\abc\d\*" ?

pgorman · Post by **pgorman** » Wed Jan 31, 2007 7:35 pm

I'm comparing 2 directory strutures, one that has been checked out of CVS and another that has come from another source control system.

The CVS checkout has a CVS directory in every folder that I want to ignore.

I have found that the following pattern excludes all the CVS directories which is excellent:

:*\CVS\*

I just thought I would share this information as I thought the pattern matching was not working and searching for CVS in the forums did not reveal an answer.

Regards

Paul.

bmerkle · Post by **bmerkle** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:24 am

maybe this could be an option that examdiff pro offers (for the most common SCM that are around).

We are using CVS and SVN here, hence the pattern is:

:*\CVS\*,:*\.svn\*

a checkbox (ignore CVS/SVN directories) could be helpful, or maybe an entry into the FAQs,

thanks,
Bernhard.

Post by **psguru** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 7:07 am

Version 4.0 now has predefined filters, including the one called "Exclude source control".