Exclusion takes preference over inclusion of a directory
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Description
Moving this over from #335.
.. apparently the exclude wins over the commandline include of the directory. Namely
pep8 --exclude .tox .tox(exclude tox, but that then check it specifically) gives preference to the exclusion rather than the inclusion.
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Start by reproducing pep8 --exclude .tox .tox, then trace how command-line exclusions and explicit directory arguments are handled. Done means the explicitly included directory is checked despite matching --exclude, with a regression test covering this behavior.
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- Tech stack
- python
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- cli
- Issue type
- Bug
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- 1-2 days
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