ignore folders?

[maelish]

How do you ignore folders on the filter line when comparing files? I use *.php, *.html but often need to ignore some directories.

When you are comparing 5k files over a network connection, it'd be nice to ignore certain folders on the fly.

[jtuc]

WinMerge 2011.003.523 allows for combining both inclusion and exclusion rules.
You'd specify something like this:

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*.php; *.html; xd:foo; xd:bar

Be careful to not insert spaces after the colons, as this may cause the program to crash upon restart.
(Next release will fix this as per https://bitbucket.org/jtuc/winmerge2011/commits/6f7b4a4f309d.)

[maelish]

While this appears to help, winmerge still reads those directories even if it doesn't show them on the screen afterwards. Is there no way to skip them?

*.php; *.html; xd:js; xd:css; xd:.git;

Also, I still see the .git directory and it's files. I'm also having non php and html files show up in the list. For instance, xml and htaccess files are appearing.

[jtuc]

Please invoke Help > Configuration and post the results.

[maelish]

WinMerge configuration log
--------------------------
Saved to: C:\Users\maelish\Documents\WinMerge\WinMerge.txt
* Please add this information (or attach this file)
* when reporting bugs.
Module names prefixed with tilda (~) are currently loaded in WinMerge process.


Version information:
WinMerge.exe: 2.14.0.0
Build config: UNICODE _UNICODE
Command Line: none
Windows: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)
~COMCTL32.dll dllversion=6.16 dllbuild=7601
~shlwapi.dll dllversion=6.01 dllbuild=7601
MergeLang.dll version=2.14 build=0000
ShellExtension.dll version=0.00 build=0000
ShellExtensionU.dll version=0.00 build=0000
ShellExtensionX64.dll version=1.16 build=0008

WinMerge configuration:
Compare settings:
Ignore blank lines: No
Ignore case: No
Ignore carriage return differences: No
Whitespace compare: Compare all
Detect moved blocks: No
Compare method: 0
Stop after first diff: No

Other settings:
Automatic rescan: Yes
Simple EOL: Yes
Automatic scroll to 1st difference: No
Backup original file: No

Folder compare:
Identical files: No
Different files: Yes
Left Unique files: Yes
Right Unique files: Yes
Binary files: Yes
Skipped files: No
Tree-mode enabled: No

File compare:
Preserve filetimes: No
Match similar lines: No

Editor settings:
View Whitespace: No
Merge Mode enabled: No
Show linenumbers: No
Wrap lines: No
Syntax Highlight: Yes
Tab size: 4
Insert tabs: Yes

Font:
Font facename: Courier New
Font charset: 0 (Ansi)

System settings:
codepage settings:
ANSI codepage: 1252
OEM codepage: 437
Locale (Thread):
Def ANSI codepage: 1252
Def OEM codepage: 437
Country: United States
Language: English
Language code: 0409
ISO Language code: en
Locale (User):
Def ANSI codepage: 1252
Def OEM codepage: 437
Country: United States
Language: English
Language code: 0409
ISO Language code: en
Locale (System):
Def ANSI codepage: 1252
Def OEM codepage: 437
Country: United States
Language: English
Language code: 0409
ISO Language code: en
Detect codepage automatically for RC and HTML files: No
unicoder codepage: 1252

Plugins:
Plugins enabled: No
Unpackers:
CompareMSExcelFiles.dll [C:\Program Files (x86)\WinMerge\MergePlugins\CompareMSExcelFiles.dll]
CompareMSWordFiles.dll [C:\Program Files (x86)\WinMerge\MergePlugins\CompareMSWordFiles.dll]
DisplayXMLFiles.dll [C:\Program Files (x86)\WinMerge\MergePlugins\DisplayXMLFiles.dll]
WatchBeginningOfLog.dll [C:\Program Files (x86)\WinMerge\MergePlugins\WatchBeginningOfLog.dll]
WatchEndOfLog.dll [C:\Program Files (x86)\WinMerge\MergePlugins\WatchEndOfLog.dll]
Prediffers:
IgnoreColumns.dll [C:\Program Files (x86)\WinMerge\MergePlugins\IgnoreColumns.dll]
IgnoreCommentsC.dll [C:\Program Files (x86)\WinMerge\MergePlugins\IgnoreCommentsC.dll]
IgnoreFieldsComma.dll [C:\Program Files (x86)\WinMerge\MergePlugins\IgnoreFieldsComma.dll]
IgnoreFieldsTab.dll [C:\Program Files (x86)\WinMerge\MergePlugins\IgnoreFieldsTab.dll]
IgnoreLeadingLineNumbers.dll [C:\Program Files (x86)\WinMerge\MergePlugins\IgnoreLeadingLineNumbers.dll]
Editor scripts:
.sct scripts disabled (Windows Script Host not found)


Archive support:
Enable: 1
7-Zip software installed on your computer: 9.20
7-zip.dll version=9.20 build=0000 path=C:\Program Files (x86)\7-Zip\7-zip.dll
Codecs:
Formats:
7-Zip components for standalone operation: 0.00
Codecs:
Formats:
Merge7z plugins on path:

[jtuc]

As per configuration log, you're using WinMerge 2.14.
The feature is available as of WinMerge 2011.003.523.
A backport to WinMerge 2.x is unlikely to happen.

[maelish]

As per configuration log, you're using WinMerge 2.14.
The feature is available as of WinMerge 2011.003.523.
A backport to WinMerge 2.x is unlikely to happen.

So you are saying the older version could ignore folders but the new one cannot?

EDIT: Oh I see. Didn't realize there were code splits.