oracle/opengrok

per project ignored patterns

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#3,158 opened on Jun 1, 2020

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Description

Describe the bug Dear Opengrok Developers,

There're some dirs, for example the "out" dir in AOSP project, in my project that i do not want opengrok to index. Is there any method to exclude these dirs?

Thanks a lot!

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Tech stack
java
Domain
backendsearchtooling
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
half day
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
basic understanding of OpenGrokJava environment setup
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
40
Research direction
Examine the OpenGrok source code to understand the current indexing and configuration mechanisms. Key files are in the 'opengrok/src' directory, particularly classes related to project configuration and file filtering. Review the comments on this issue for maintainer suggestions or user workarounds. The goal is to implement a way to specify ignored patterns per project in configuration files.
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