[FR] Exclude filetypes

[andyylin]

First Steps

• I've ensured that this feature request does not already exist by using the search feature
• I've read the documentation (see the README)
• I'm on the latest release of obsidian-list-modified

Describe the desired feature

Add an option to exclude by filetype. I am using Edit History which creates *.edtz files that keep file history for corresponding files. I am unable to exclude them from List Modified though so they show up in my Daily Note.

Possible alternatives

What are some possible alternatives? Have you tried any of them?

Additional info?

[franciskafieh]

I will look into adding this, thank you!

As a temporary workaround, are you able to have your edtz files outputting into a specific directory, which you can exclude with the plugin? Or have them prefixed and use the named excludes?

Either way, I will look into this.

[andyylin]

Thank you for the suggestion! Unfortunately, the plugin doesn't have an option for outputting to a directory. I think that makes sense as its most straightforward to keep the history file right next to the original file.

Thanks for looking into this! Happy new year.

[franciskafieh]

Hi there. Just to clarify: These show up in your deleted header, right?

[andyylin]

They are history files that record changes to a note, so they show up under the modified header. They probably show up under Deleted as well if the associated note is deleted.

[franciskafieh]

so they show up under the modified header.

I have downloaded the Edit History plugin to test this and I cannot reproduce the .edtz files showing up in the modified header. I can only get them to show up in deleted, which I can release a fix for.

The way the plugin tracks changes should automatically exclude stuff that is not a note.

If you are sure they show up in your modified header, would you be able provide me with a way to reproduce this?

Thanks.

[andyylin]

You're right, it only shows up under the DELETED header. Thanks for finding a fix for this.

[franciskafieh]

Please see release 3.4.0, which has added an "exclude filetypes setting." Feel free to re-open if this does not solve your issue or if you have any further questions.

[andyylin]

With 3.4.0, my excluded EDTZ files are showing up under Created (but at last not under Modified).

[andyylin]

On a related note, I'm getting conflicts with the Local Images Plus plugin, which saves remote images to the local disk. It seems to go into a recursive loop where List Modified makes a link to the newly downloaded image, then Local Images Plus processes it, which List Modified then records, and so on.

This is despite setting excluded filetypes to be edtz, webp, jpg, jpeg, png

The only fix at the moment if I want to retain local images is to disable List Modified.

[franciskafieh]

Okay, so I guess I have to add back the code I originally had to also exclude file types from create/modify.

give me a few days, I am really busy with exams right now, and I will do this for you

[franciskafieh]

Should be fixed in 3.4.1, but since I cannot re-produce your issue, I will re-open. Please update your plugin and let me know if the problem persists.

[franciskafieh]

Any updates?

[andyylin]

I’m on vacation and haven’t been on my main machine lately, I’ll try to test it tonight. Thanks again for your help!!

[andyylin]

Looks like it's working now @franciskafieh . I tested it with Local Images Plus and it's not going into a recurring loop any more with the converted images. Thanks again!

[franciskafieh]

Glad to hear!