Rubocop: Exclude files in .gitignore

[krisleech]

I think this would be a nice feature, the easiest implimention would be to run the rubocop.yml through erb so that you could have something like:

 Excludes:
   <% `git whatever`.each_line do |path| %>
    - <%= path %>
   < % end %>

I'd be happy to look at a PR if you think this is useful.

[jonas054]

:+1: I think it's a neat idea. It doesn't change anything for people who don't use erb pre-processing, and it's versatile, can be used for other things things than excludes based on .gitignore.

[yujinakayama]

I'm not against this feature. But if the new redesigned configuration that I'm planning (yeah I must propose the new design quickly :) ) is introduced, there will be some overlapped features.

[krisleech]

@yujinakayama Having the config do this would be a much better solution since it can parse .gitignore easily.

This could be a solution in the meantime and get ripped out later when the new config is in place. Depends when the configuration is expected. Happy either way.

[bbatsov]

@yujinakayama How's that redesigned configuration coming along?

[yujinakayama]

Sorry for the late. I'll post a draft on this weekend.

[mikegee]

Any news here?

[bbatsov]

@yujinakayama Ping :-)

[yujinakayama]

OK, I'll really do in a few days. :)

[bbatsov]

@yujinakayama Great!

[bbatsov]

@yujinakayama Any news here?

[yujinakayama]

Shame on me. :dizzy_face: Will do in this weekend.

[bbatsov]

Closing this in favour of #1151.

[kowal]

@bbatsov #1151 is closed now. Does it mean that excluding files form .gitignore won't be supported any time soon?

[kowal]

@yujinakayama just wanted to ask if excluding files from .gitignore is somewhere in your roadmap?

thanks

[AlexWayfer]

I think this issue should be re-opened due to closed #1151.

[AlexWayfer]

Please, @bbatsov or @yujinakayama

[bbatsov]

PRs welcome. :-) I guess we're back to the erb idea, as it seems unlikely we'll ever move away from yml.

[AlexWayfer]

I'm not sure about ERB or Regexps in YAML, but I think, that files from .gitignore can be excluded by default. If somebody will want to include them — we can make an option later, but it doesn't seem normal.

[kisai]

I know this is closed, but what about files in .git/info/exclude, or more generally $GIT_DIR/info/exclude ?

this file is local to the repository clone, so is available for individual clones only. is described in the official git documentation

I'm using it to exclude a file that I use to help me with my personal workflow, that the rest of the team doesn't want on the repo.

[AlexWayfer]

I'm using global gitignore, because files and directories specific for me are common. It's uncomfortable to duplicate the same paths in relatives .git/info/exclude.

[jonas054]

I'll implement the ERB idea, and push it as a solution for this issue.