hound-search/hound

Add the ability to filter whitelist/blacklist file types

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#160 opened on Oct 7, 2015

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Description

If I have a repository with a lot of binaries, I wouldn't want the indexer to index those. Conversely, I might want to target specifically only a specific file type (i.e. *.java)

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Research direction
Examine the search configuration and indexing logic to add whitelist/blacklist file type filtering options.
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
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3
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1-3 hours
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Stale
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Clear
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65