Leave out some files for specific entries in some groups

[icopp]

For an example of what I mean, let's say I have these:

group:
  repos: |
      org-name/eslint-config-org-name
      org-name/jest-preset-org-name
      org-name/repo-for-actual-code
    files:
      - .editorconfig
      - .eslintrc
      - .gitignore
      - .npmrc
      - .yarnrc
      - jest.config.js

...except, I don't actually want to copy the .eslintrc or jest.config.js files to the eslint-config-org-name or jest-preset-org-name repo respectively, because neither tool can handle a recursive reference in a config file ("extends": "@org-name/eslint-config-org-name" inside that package itself will just result in a not found).

The syntax could potentially look like:

group:
  repos: |
    org-name/eslint-config-org-name
    org-name/jest-preset-org-name
    org-name/repo-for-actual-code
  files:
    - .editorconfig
    - source: .eslintrc
      dest: .eslintrc
      except: |
        org-name/eslint-config-org-name
    - .gitignore
    - .npmrc
    - .yarnrc
    - source: jest.config.js
      dest: jest.config.js
      except: |
        org-name/jest-preset-org-name

This would simplify the logic around working with any really long lists of files and repos.

[BetaHuhn]

Hey @icopp,

Thanks for taking the time to create this discussion!

This is a valid use case and I think this feature would help simplify the config when you have a lot of files as you mentioned.

The except key might be a bit confusing as we already have the exclude key for excluding files and it might not be clear for new users which one should be used for what. I don’t have a better keyword for it though.

Do you feel comfortable creating a PR for this or should I implement it?

[Khaaz]

I know this is a very old discussion but I have a similar usecase, would love for this to be implemented.