Ignore dot files

[chevdor]

I think it would be wise to ignore dot files by default.

On MacOS for instance, the OS will dump some .DS_Store all over the place and will keep doing so as long as no .DS_Store is present. Since this plugin keeps on removing them after import, that starts a nice ping-pong game :)

Today, as workaround, specific files can be ignored, that's already good.

IMHO some specific files should be ignored no matter what (ie .DS_Store) and in general, dot files should not be imported nor removed.

[chevdor]

I see similar topics in #5 but my dot files definitely got imported.

[JackGruber]

With the commit eaeee79 the default ignore of dot files was removed, because there is no distinction between DOT file and a directory that starts with a dot. Therefore, the correct way is to ignore .DS_Store via the settings.

[chevdor]

I think it would be wise to ignore some specifix files like '.DS_Store' anyway: the users should not have to (re)define the defaults.

As far as dot files are concerned, I am sure we can end up discerning folders from files but anyway anything starting with a dot should be fignored. Dot files are system hidden files (or folders) that should be ignored by any apps unless those apps have a meaning for them.

For instance, you could expect some config in a .hotfolder file (or folder). But other than that, dot files should really not be considered nor have to be excluded manually.

What could be a cool addition once this is done however is to support things like .hotfolder_ignore or .hotfolder where users could control what will be imported and how. Many software use that: git, docker, most of the js tools, etc...

I see several benefit for those:

• if the list is long, using a fil vs the small UI text field is more comfortable
• the files could allow defining patterns to match tags: see example below

Sample config file .hotfolder

*.pdf pdf,document,imported
*tax*.pdf pdf,taxes,imported
*bill*.* bill
<pattern> <list of tags>

...etc...