Ignore .git directory in ctrlp.vim

Question

In my .vimrc I have some custom ingores for ctrlp.vim. There are a few directories I want to ignore that start with a dot: .git is a good example. By having .git in the ignores, I also ignore individual files like git.sh. I only want to ignore .git. What am I doing wrong?

let g:ctrlp_custom_ignore = 'node_modules\|DS_Store\|bower_components\|.sass-cache\|.git\|build'

Gal

Answer 1

You need to specify that .git is specifically a directory ignore. From the documentation's example: https://github.com/kien/ctrlp.vim

let g:ctrlp_custom_ignore = {
  \ 'dir':  '\v[\/]\.(git|hg|svn)$',
  \ 'file': '\v\.(exe|so|dll)$',
  \ 'link': 'some_bad_symbolic_links',
  \ }

Fenella

I've seen that in the README.md on Github, but when I put it in my .vimrc I get an 'invalid expression' error. – Gal

Please edit your question to provide this information for future reference. – Fenella

Actually I spoke too soon on that. So the problem I have now is that not all directories I want to ignore start with a dot. – Gal

You don't need to have dots on all directories that you mention on that field. This is a regular expression just like any other. You can have something like \vfoo_without_dot\|\.(git|bar), for example – Fenella

Simple enough. This does what I wanted. 'dir': '\v[\/](\.git|node_modules|\.sass-cache|bower_components|build)$' Thanks! – Gal

could you please explain the syntax '\v[\/]' ? – Instantly

me too， waiting explain about syntax '\v[\/]' – Wingback

@HuiWang, @Wingback this is vimscript's "very magic" regexp modifyier, which changes the behaviour of some characters in the context of a regular expression (usually allowing it to be written in simplified form) See vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/pattern.html#/magic About [\/], means nothing special: matches any of '\' or '/' (remember directory separator on Windows). – Fenella

superuser.com/questions/649714/… – Parchment