Pack Exclude does not work on sub folders

[devmondo]

i am using the following pattern

"packExclude": [
        "node_modules",
        "bower_components",
        "**.kproj",
        "**.user",
        "**.vspscc",
        "wwwroot/lib",
        "!wwwroot/lib/angular"
    ]

everything works fine except for "lib" folder, which still get copied to publish folder with all its content, the way i want it is same as grunt or gulp, so i want to exclude all folders and files inside "lib" folder and only include "angular folder or js files that start with "angular"

[davidfowl]

We don't support the ! syntax.

[devmondo]

@davidfowl what is the alternative ?

keep in mind that "wwwroot/lib" also does not work

[Praburaj]

Right now the only way is to list the individual folders under lib except the angular folder. Something like below:

"packExclude": [
        "node_modules",
        "bower_components",
        "**.kproj",
        "**.user",
        "**.vspscc",
        "wwwroot/lib/*",
        "wwwroot/lib/excludeFolder1/**/*",
        "wwwroot/lib/excludeFolder2/**/*",
        "wwwroot/lib/excludeFolder3/**/*",
        "wwwroot/lib/excludeFolder4/**/*",
    ]

[devmondo]

@Praburaj thank you but this is so inconvenient

[davidfowl]

Yep it is. Why are you excluding everything except for angular?

[devmondo]

@davidfowl that is just a test, what i want in future is if i want to exclude any directory that has sub directory to just do this

"packExclude": [
        "wwwroot/ToBeExcludedDirectory"
    ]

or to keep the Directory and sub directory but exclude sub directory sub directories or files like this

"packExclude": [
        "wwwroot/Directory/SubDirectory/TobeExcludedFilesOrFolders"
    ]

basically to make it work same like Node.JS Globbing Pattern, or any way that you guys decide that is compatible with Cross Platforms.

[danroth27]

Tracking this request with aspnet/dnx#1352.