feature suggestion; setting to use .gitignore as Beyond Compare ignore filter.

[mgillespie]

my source control system has a great filtering system, it would be good in folder view, if I didn't have to configure my diff tool separately.

Don't know the best way to integrate it with the current ignore system, perhaps a setting to append the .gitignore rules to whatever rules are current enforced?

[Aaron]

We don't have a method to auto-parse gitignored, but if you open it up and paste the content into our Folder Compare Session Settings, Name Filters. These 4 boxes (including Exclude Files) are newline delimited lists of items.

[borekb]

Integration with .gitignore would be awesome.

[LeeC]

I came here to suggest this, but I searched first. So, of course I'll second this request!

[DaveInWashCo]

I echo this suggestion. I am using GIT daily for development. It would be super useful to have BC use the .gitignore file to compare source directory trees.

[dr_barnowl]

Should be pretty easy to implement ; just pull in `libgit2` (which is permissively licensed GPL-plus-linking-exception) and call

https://libgit2.org/libgit2/#HEAD/gr...ath_is_ignored

[Aaron]

Thanks for the reference material. I'll add it to our customer wishlist entry on the subject.

[Neil MacMullen (2)]

Agree this would be an excellent addition

[pagej97]

+1

[ChrisMo]

That would be an awesome feature to have indeed.

[PStueck]

Considered that similar requests date back to 2013 and beyond, it is quite unsatisfying that something – more or less basic – still didn’t make it into the app.
https://forum.scootersoftware.com/fo...-ignore-filter
https://forum.scootersoftware.com/fo...itingore-files
https://forum.scootersoftware.com/fo...-e-g-gitignore

[Aaron]

It's unfortunate when features we'd like to tackle slide. Our customer wishlist is not currently scheduled development, but where our developers go for ideas for future features and enhancements. We have limited development resources and our changelogs help show what we've been able to release in that timespan.