Ignore node_modules from file search in Sublime 3

Question

I want to ignore anything in node_modules folder when I'm searching for a file name. I tried:

In preferences > package control > package settings > user - settings I included:

"folder_exclude_patterns": ["*node_modules*"],
"file_exclude_patterns": ["*node_modules*"],

Yet still when I do cmd + p and search for a file Sublime searches in node_modules...

Possible duplicate of [How can I exclude a folder from indexing in Sublime Text, while still showing it in the sidebar?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/30954728/how-can-i-exclude-a-folder-from-indexing-in-sublime-text-while-still-showing-it) — Robin Whittleton, Dec 14 '17 at 14:35

score 35 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 21 '19 at 10:46

35

Sublime 3 changes the syntax. You need to remove the wildcard stars.

Go to Preferences > Settings and update the User settings like this:

{
    "folder_exclude_patterns": ["node_modules"]
}

answered Nov 21 '19 at 10:46

rfreytag

2

Is there a way to do it in the 'where' field? (e.g. if you don't want to permanently ignore it?) – stevec Feb 20 '21 at 18:27
@stevec looks like `-*/node_modules/*` – ruffin Jun 19 '23 at 18:41

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