Get File List

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This module is responsible for getting a first list of files from the Input folder.

It uses two globs to control which files are collected:

• include_glob
• exclude_glob

First, a list of files is collected that satisfies the include_glob, then a list of files is collected that satisfies the exclude_glob. Finally, a third list is created that contains all the files present in the first list, but not the second.

This list is written to the Module data folder as index/files.json.

This module also creates the index/markdown_files.json modfile, which is the subset of index/files.json where the file paths end with .md.

Finally, it writes index/excluded_files.json, which is a useful overview of files present in the input folder, but excluded by this module.

Configuration

Default configuration

Note: this configuration might be outdated. See Inspect default config or follow the view code link at the top of this page, for the most up to date default config.

module_config:
  get_file_list:
    include_glob:
      value: '*'
    exclude_glob:
      value: 
        - ".obsidian/**/*"
        - ".trash/**/*",
        - ".DS_Store/**/*",
        - ".git/**/*",

Glob syntax

Match folder and everything under it

".obsidian/**/*"

Match specific file

This will be calculated with the input folder as root.

# specific file
"/Home.md"

# specific folder and files directly under it
"/Log/**"

Further filtering

These modules are executed by default (at some point) after this module, and allow for further filtering of the notes: