Interpret wildcards in the file exclusion list

README.rst

@@ -143,9 +143,9 @@ Usage::
                             only show output in the case of an error
       --ignore-nosec        do not skip lines with # nosec comments
       -x EXCLUDED_PATHS, --exclude EXCLUDED_PATHS
-                            comma-separated list of paths to exclude from scan
-                            (note that these are in addition to the excluded paths
-                            provided in the config file)
+                            comma-separated list of paths (glob patterns supported)
+                            to exclude from scan (note that these are in addition
+                            to the excluded paths provided in the config file)
       -b BASELINE, --baseline BASELINE
                             path of a baseline report to compare against (only
                             JSON-formatted files are accepted)
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ Configuration
 An optional config file may be supplied and may include:
  - lists of tests which should or shouldn't be run
  - exclude_dirs - sections of the path, that if matched, will be excluded from
-   scanning
+   scanning (glob patterns supported)
  - overridden plugin settings - may provide different settings for some
    plugins
 

bandit/cli/main.py

@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@ def main():
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         '-x', '--exclude', dest='excluded_paths', action='store',
-        default='', help='comma-separated list of paths to exclude from scan '
+        default='', help='comma-separated list of paths (glob patterns '
+                         'supported) to exclude from scan '
                          '(note that these are in addition to the excluded '
                          'paths provided in the config file)'
     )

bandit/core/manager.py

@@ -184,13 +184,13 @@ def discover_files(self, targets, recursive=False, excluded_paths=''):
         files_list = set()
         excluded_files = set()
 
-        excluded_path_strings = self.b_conf.get_option('exclude_dirs') or []
+        excluded_path_globs = self.b_conf.get_option('exclude_dirs') or []
         included_globs = self.b_conf.get_option('include') or ['*.py']
 
         # if there are command line provided exclusions add them to the list
         if excluded_paths:
             for path in excluded_paths.split(','):
-                excluded_path_strings.append(path)
+                excluded_path_globs.append(path)
 
         # build list of files we will analyze
         for fname in targets:
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ def discover_files(self, targets, recursive=False, excluded_paths=''):
                     new_files, newly_excluded = _get_files_from_dir(
                         fname,
                         included_globs=included_globs,
-                        excluded_path_strings=excluded_path_strings
+                        excluded_path_strings=excluded_path_globs
                     )
                     files_list.update(new_files)
                     excluded_files.update(newly_excluded)
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def discover_files(self, targets, recursive=False, excluded_paths=''):
                 # we'll scan it, regardless of whether it's in the included
                 # file types list
                 if _is_file_included(fname, included_globs,
-                                     excluded_path_strings,
+                                     excluded_path_globs,
                                      enforce_glob=False):
                     files_list.add(fname)
                 else:
@@ -353,7 +353,8 @@ def _is_file_included(path, included_globs, excluded_path_strings,
 
     :param path: Full path of file to check
     :param parsed_extensions: List of parsed extensions
-    :param excluded_paths: List of paths from which we should not include files
+    :param excluded_paths: List of paths (globbing supported) from which we
+        should not include files
     :param enforce_glob: Can set to false to bypass extension check
     :return: Boolean indicating whether a file should be included
     '''
@@ -362,7 +363,7 @@ def _is_file_included(path, included_globs, excluded_path_strings,
     # if this is matches a glob of files we look at, and it isn't in an
     # excluded path
     if _matches_glob_list(path, included_globs) or not enforce_glob:
-        if not any(x in path for x in excluded_path_strings):
+        if not _matches_glob_list(path, excluded_path_strings):
             return_value = True
 
     return return_value

doc/source/man/bandit.rst

@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ OPTIONS
                         only show output in the case of an error
   --ignore-nosec        do not skip lines with # nosec comments
   -x EXCLUDED_PATHS, --exclude EXCLUDED_PATHS
-                        comma-separated list of paths to exclude from scan
-                        (note that these are in addition to the excluded paths
-                        provided in the config file)
+                        comma-separated list of paths (glob patterns supported)
+                        to exclude from scan (note that these are in addition
+                        to the excluded paths provided in the config file)
   -b BASELINE, --baseline BASELINE
                         path of a baseline report to compare against (only
                         JSON-formatted files are accepted)

tests/unit/core/test_manager.py

@@ -70,24 +70,34 @@ def test_matches_globlist(self):
 
     def test_is_file_included(self):
         a = manager._is_file_included(path='a.py', included_globs=['*.py'],
-                                      excluded_path_strings='',
+                                      excluded_path_strings=[],
                                       enforce_glob=True)
 
         b = manager._is_file_included(path='a.dd', included_globs=['*.py'],
-                                      excluded_path_strings='',
+                                      excluded_path_strings=[],
                                       enforce_glob=False)
 
         c = manager._is_file_included(path='a.py', included_globs=['*.py'],
-                                      excluded_path_strings='a.py',
+                                      excluded_path_strings=['a.py'],
                                       enforce_glob=True)
 
         d = manager._is_file_included(path='a.dd', included_globs=['*.py'],
-                                      excluded_path_strings='',
+                                      excluded_path_strings=[],
+                                      enforce_glob=True)
+
+        e = manager._is_file_included(path='x_a.py', included_globs=['*.py'],
+                                      excluded_path_strings=['x_*.py'],
+                                      enforce_glob=True)
+
+        f = manager._is_file_included(path='x.py', included_globs=['*.py'],
+                                      excluded_path_strings=['x_*.py'],
                                       enforce_glob=True)
         self.assertTrue(a)
         self.assertTrue(b)
         self.assertFalse(c)
         self.assertFalse(d)
+        self.assertFalse(e)
+        self.assertTrue(f)
 
     @mock.patch('os.walk')
     def test_get_files_from_dir(self, os_walk):
@@ -209,6 +219,14 @@ def test_discover_files_exclude_cmdline(self, isdir):
             m.assert_called_with('c', ['*.py', '*.pyw'], ['a', 'b'],
                                  enforce_glob=False)
 
+    @mock.patch('os.path.isdir')
+    def test_discover_files_exclude_glob(self, isdir):
+        isdir.return_value = False
+        self.manager.discover_files(['a.py', 'test_a.py', 'test.py'], True,
+                                    excluded_paths='test_*.py')
+        self.assertEqual(['a.py', 'test.py'], self.manager.files_list)
+        self.assertEqual(['test_a.py'], self.manager.excluded_files)
+
     @mock.patch('os.path.isdir')
     def test_discover_files_include(self, isdir):
         isdir.return_value = False