Hugo: IgnoreFiles for static folder

[fmpwizard]

As discussed here
http://discuss.gohugo.io/t/slow-to-work-with-large-number-of-static-files/2046

Update IgnoreFiles to also affect files in the static folder.

[ffrizzo]

I'll work to fix that issue.
But I would like to discuss if is better create a separated method or I just use the hugo.copyStatic and checking if we need ignore file or not.

[mpaluchowski]

Will this also cover the /static folder of themes?

[SiamKreative]

From my understanding this has already been merged.

However, despite having ignoreFiles = [ "\\.less$"] in my config.toml, Hugo still detect changes. What am I doing wrong @ffrizzo @spf13 ?

[lwchkg]

I'm wondering what is meant exactly for ignoreFiles. If I specify a.md there, do I mean content/a.md or a.md in the root?

BTW, I'm considering whether we should split ignoreFiles into 3 parts: ignoreContent, ignoreStaticFile and ignoreForWatch (files in there are not watched for site rebuilds).

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[inwardmovement]

I can't manage to make Hugo ignore static/css and static/js folders on hugo command with ignoreFiles: ["static/css/.*.css$", "static/js/.*.js$"]... the regex is right according to regex101, is this a Hugo bug?

[moorereason]

@inwardmovement, please use the Discussion Forums.

[paulswanson]

I would really like to some progress on this issue / request. Here's an example. I have SASS folder under theme, which is precisely where it should live for my workflow, and I need it to be ignored from the build. However, the poorly documented "ignoreFiles" option only seems to target specific folders, again undocumented. It would be incredibly helpful, if this feature were simply broadened to accept any particular path.

[paulswanson]

I'm happy to have a go at contributing a pull request for this, if there's any general will to make the ignoreFiles option a little more versatile.

[pauby]

If this is still live, should it not be re-opened?

[XhmikosR]

Yeah, this is still an issue.

[pauby]

@fmpwizard @spf13 can we get this re-opened as it's still an issue.

[XhmikosR]

I think there are numerous similar issues like this, #4874

[stapelberg]

I’ve sent PR https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/pull/5649 to address this issue.

[somebody-vip]

Please...Could someone address this very basic issue or feature request for us in the master branch and official release of Hugo? As it has been reflected over and over again in all the above discussions, it is a very stupid bug and super anoying.