Bug 513583

Summary:	Possibility to use wildcards for folders in the "Ignored directories" part
Product:	[Applications] digikam	Reporter:	lepeter2010
Component:	Database-Scan	Assignee:	Digikam Developers <digikam-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	caulier.gilles
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	9.0.0
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Other
Latest Commit:	https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/commit/ab09daab2eff3e03b71d79d7dda5c4eb11f71d94	Version Fixed/Implemented In:	9.0.0
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Description lepeter2010 2025-12-19 15:22:08 UTC

It would be useful to be able to use wildcards in the "Ignored directories" part of the folder seelection.
The existing method supports only exact foldernames plus any folders that starts with a dot.

Possible use cases: 
- ignoring any folders with a specific preffix (prefix*)
- ignoring any folders with a specific suffix (*suffix)
- ignoring any folders with a specific substring (*substring*)

Comment 1 Maik Qualmann 2025-12-21 12:30:25 UTC

Git commit ab09daab2eff3e03b71d79d7dda5c4eb11f71d94 by Maik Qualmann.
Committed on 21/12/2025 at 12:29.
Pushed by mqualmann into branch 'master'.

add regular expression wildcard support for ignored directories
Wildcard characters such as * ? or [...] are possible.
Related: bug 379207
FIXED-IN: 8.9.0

M  +2    -2    NEWS
M  +16   -0    core/libs/database/collection/collectionscanner_p.cpp
M  +1    -0    core/libs/database/collection/collectionscanner_p.h
M  +2    -2    core/libs/database/collection/collectionscanner_scan.cpp

https://invent.kde.org/graphics/digikam/-/commit/ab09daab2eff3e03b71d79d7dda5c4eb11f71d94