Need Help: Can´t make the stow ignore list work

[0inp]

Hi !

I can´t make the `.stow-local-ignore´ work.
I have a ´.dotfiles´ directory in my home directory. Let´s say that in that dotfiles directory I have a ´resources´ directory with some shell script. I just want to not stow that resources directory.
I tried a bunch of different regex for that directory or for the files in that directory, I just can´t make it work.
From my dotfiles directory, I am just using the ´stow */´ command.

So, what line should I add in my stow-local-ignore file ?

thanks for your help

Other question, is it possible to make the ignore lists respective to platforms/envs?
let´s say I have all my dotfiles for macos and ubuntu, I just want to ignore for example the ubuntu directories/files when I am on MacOS or vice-versa.

Again, thanks for your help

[aspiers]

You can just add resources to .stow-local-ignore. No need for any regex.

Other question, is it possible to make the ignore lists respective to platforms/envs?
let´s say I have all my dotfiles for macos and ubuntu, I just want to ignore for example the ubuntu directories/files when I am on MacOS or vice-versa.

No, there's no way to do this natively. You would have to automate the generation of .stow-local-ignore based on which OS you're on. A simple script or Makefile could do this easily.

[0inp]

No, there's no way to do this natively. You would have to automate the generation of .stow-local-ignore based on which OS you're on. A simple script or Makefile could do this easily.

Thanks a lot, I´ll do that, it seems a good solution.

On the other hand, I really can´t make the ignore list work, sorry !
I think this have something to do with the structure of my dotfiles.
lets say that I have my ~/.dotfiles directory directly in my home directory.
Inside my .dotfiles directory, I have a resources directory with a macos_settings.sh shell script file (ie ~/.dotfiles/resources/macos_settings.sh).
I have a .stow-local-ignore file with a line with just the word "resources".
Let´s say that I have a clean home folder without the macos_settings.sh file (I removed it from previous stow operation)
Nevertheless, when I do the command stow */ to stow all my dotfiles, I still have the ~/macos_settings.sh file appearing in my home directory.

[aspiers]

Where have you placed the .stow-local-ignore file? Also try running stow with -v5 or similar and checking the debug output for lines containing Using ignore file:.

Otherwise I can only help if you provide an exact sequence of commands to minimally reproduce the issue. I strongly recommend reading How to Report Bugs Effectively as it will help you to help software maintainers to help you :-)