Re: skipping dot files and "-f" option

[Rolf Schreiber]

Hi,

"gtags --accept-dotfiles" is a good solution IMHO. It breaks no
compatibility and helps avoiding the problem.

Kind regards,

Rolf

Am Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:22:00 +0900
schrieb "Shigio YAMAGUCHI" <address@hidden>:

> Hello,
> > The "-f" option of gtags, where you tell exactly, which files to
> > include should do exactly that IMHO, and not skip dotfiles/dotdirs
> > even when given by the "-f" option, which is the current behaviour.
> > 
> > I consider this a bug, that
> >  - files explicitly submitted by the user are not treated
> 
> In GLOBAL, it is gtags that decides a set of target files.
> The purpose of the -f option is to narrow down the set.
> It is functionally the same as 'skip list'.
> 
> So, even if you specify the following files, gtags ignores them.
> - dot files and dot directories
> - binary files
> - files which are out of the project
> 
> >  - there is not even a workaround to treat those files
> 
> That's right at present.
> 
> > I see two solutions:
> > A) take every file from the "-f" option. 
> > B) create another command line option whether to skip
> > dotfiles/dotdirs.
> > 
> > I prefer solution A), what do you think?
> 
> In UNIX, since dot files and dot directories are used to hide their
> own figure from users, the present operation should be satisfactory
> for almost all persons.
> 
> So, I would like to select B). How about adding the following option?
> 
> $ gtags --accept-dotfiles     # accept dot files and dot
> directories
> 
> Regards,
> Shigio
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