--exclude CLI flag to exclude files and directories from being scanned.
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Description
Basically like the --exclude regex_pattern flag in black and flake8 etc, where directories and files are matched with the regular expression provided to check whether they should be excluded for recursive searches.
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Start by tracing the CLI option handling and the recursive-search entry point. Clarify how the supplied regular expression should match files and directories, then add coverage showing that matching paths are skipped during recursive scans.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100