Is there a way to ignore certain folders in ALL searches?

[ThiefMaster]

As a developer I have quite a few .git (or .svn) folders with lots of stuff in there - lots of stuff that I NEVER want to search (with all the small files it takes ages to search, especially when searching file contents and if it's on a network drive). Is there any way to make TC ignore that folder in all searches without specifying it manually all the time?

[MVV]

Add .git and .svn to TC ignore list, it will hide all such dirs from panels and ignore in search/copy.

[ThiefMaster]

thanks - although it would be nice to still *see* the folder in the directory listing

[MVV]

Well, edit its security permissions (Properties, Security tab) and forbid enumerating folder contents. It will be possible to open files via full path but it won't be possible to see folder contents.

[ThiefMaster]

That's a rather ugly thing. First of all, it's on a samba share. Second, I don't want to block access to it.

[Horst.Epp]

As a developer I have quite a few .git (or .svn) folders with lots of stuff in there - lots of stuff that I NEVER want to search (with all the small files it takes ages to search, especially when searching file contents and if it's on a network drive). Is there any way to make TC ignore that folder in all searches without specifying it manually all the time?

Store your search parameters and load that search with a button.

[MVV]

There is no other way to prevent TC from looking into specific dir in all searches. I simply ignore .git, bin (with full path) and other folders I don't want TC to search in, and temporary disable ignore list (or use cd command) if I need to enter ignored dir.

[ado]

this is what I am doing to avoid search through .svn
1. In Alt-F7 search: going to the 3rd line (1st is .., 2nd .svn) and press Ctrl+Shift+End - it will select everything except .svn and then press Alt-F7 - it will search only selected dirs/files. Of course - it works, because SVN I am using has one .svn dir only - in the root of the project (previous version have it in each subdir) and my default sorting puts .svn to that 2nd row
2. "Synchronize dirs" - I have filter that I am always using from history - something like *.*|*.class .svn\ tmp\ ......

If you are "keyboard guy", you can create simple macro using AHK that will append that "|.svn\" into your search expression. It would require you to use keyboard to execute search instead of that button

ado

[sky66]

1. Alt+F7 Search...
2. Search for: (enter the search mask for the files you want to find)
3. Switch to Plugins tab, and make sure [V]Search in plugins
4. Plugin: select "tc" (default)
5. Property: select "path"
6. OP: select "!contains"
7. Value: enter .git (you can also add More rules for .svn)
8. Start search

[MVV]

Or even better:
8. Save search template and then open search dialog using command LOADSEARCH search_template_name.

BTW I don't understand why it may be useful to see .svn or .git in listing, there is nothing user-friendly in such folders.

[ThiefMaster]

BTW I don't understand why it may be useful to see .svn or .git in listing, there is nothing user-friendly in such folders.

The fact that they do/don't exist, also `.git/config` is a plaintext file that can be easily edited manually.[/quote]

[MVV]

You can always enter such folder using cd .git in TC command line (I doubt that you need it every day).

Also, don't you know all your repositories' folders on your PC? If you have TortoiseGit/TortoiseSVN installed, you see overlay icon over folder icon and inside so it is obvious that it is a repository and you don't need any .git/.svn folders.

[ThiefMaster]

I'm not accessing any repos from windows (remote system, mounted via SMB) - at least for git the commandline client is *much* better than any GUI client.

Anyway, I'm using the ignore feature for now. I do know where my repos are after all - at least those I use frequently.

[MVV]

Even if you are a fan of command line git, it is quite useful to see statuses of all repository files in small overlay icons (non-versioned, added, modified, ignored) anyway.