How can I make Textmate always ignore the /log folder in the "Find in Project" search?

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score 36 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 19 '13 at 15:43

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Add the log folder to the excludeInFolderSearch option in your ~/.tm_properties file, e.g.:

excludeInFolderSearch = "{$excludeInFolderSearch,$extraExcludes,log}"

answered Aug 19 '13 at 15:43

rkusa

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Note that you may also place a `.tm_properties` file with project-specific settings such as this in your project directory. – Julian D. Oct 19 '13 at 15:46
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This did not work for me on TextMate 2.0-beta.12. Please see my answer for a different solution. – Anthony To Aug 14 '16 at 01:08
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This should be `excludeDirectories = "{$excludeDirectories,log}"` – David Morales Nov 08 '17 at 18:21

razenha · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-07T20:44:52.290

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I found a easier way to do it.

Go to Settings > Advanced > Folder References

And add |log| to the pattern.

valid for TextMate 1

edited Mar 07 '14 at 20:44

answered Apr 30 '11 at 22:41

razenha

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After you change the prefs reopen the project and log files will be filtered. – Krešimir Prcela Sep 28 '12 at 11:16

Anthony To · Answer 3 · 2016-12-11T16:40:39.917

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Other answers did not work for me on TextMate 2.0-beta.12. After many frustrating attempts, this line was able to exclude the log, vendor, tmp and .git directories from fuzzy searching.

excludeInFileChooser = "{$excludeInFileChooser,log,vendor,tmp,.git}"

I added this line to a .tm_properties file in my project directory. I verified that this also works if you decide to put the .tm_properties in the home directory.

Edit:

Use excludeInFileChooser for modifying search paths in Textmate's "Go To File" navigation feature, which is activated by ⌘T.

Use excludeInFolderSearch for modifying paths when searching for text within the files of a directory, which is activated by either ⌘F or ⌘↑F

edited Dec 11 '16 at 16:40

answered Aug 14 '16 at 01:04

Anthony To

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This is the only one that worked for me. Thank you! +1 – sscirrus Aug 26 '16 at 16:36
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This is the only relevant answer moving forward with TM2. – IAmNaN Mar 11 '17 at 21:40

score 5 · Answer 4 · answered Sep 13 '16 at 19:54

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None of these worked for me. What worked was adding the following in a .tm_properties file (project root)

excludeDirectories = "{node_modules,}"

No $exclude variable. Add trailing comma.

answered Sep 13 '16 at 19:54

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score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 10 '18 at 05:31

For Textmate 2:

Click on the top menu Textmate, then Preferences.

Navigate to the second tab, called Projects.

On the "Exclude files matching" just add 'log' to the end of the list, for example:

{*.{o,pyc},Icon\r,CVS,_darcs,_MTN,\{arch\},blib,*\~.nib,tmp,log}

This should do it, the log folder should no longer be searched, or used as match when opening a file.

score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Jan 11 '11 at 22:48

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Use AckMate, https://github.com/protocool/AckMate and read hot to change the normal Find in Project Shift+Cmd+F here github.com/protocool/AckMate/wiki/Usage

answered Jan 11 '11 at 22:48

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nazar kuliyev · Answer 7 · 2012-09-04T05:54:26.537

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Just remove reference to log folder from project tree.

Also you may right click on *.log files and mark then as binary (they will not be searched).

http://wiki.macromates.com/Troubleshooting/FindInProject

edited Sep 04 '12 at 05:54

answered Aug 29 '12 at 17:07

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Nov 08 '17 at 18:22

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For TextMate2 it should be: excludeDirectories = "{$excludeDirectories,log}"

answered Nov 08 '17 at 18:22

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score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Mar 31 '11 at 15:01

Alternatively you could explicitly tell Mate to look at a specific subset of folders.

~/project/mate app db models

Project find will be restricted to those folders.

Or to just remove the log dir you could add an alias to ~/.profile:

alias m="ls | grep -v 'log' | xargs mate"

How can I make Textmate always ignore the /log folder in the "Find in Project" search?

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