Feature Request: expose micromatch's dot-File option

[c-vetter]

As noted in #577, chokidar does not currently expose an option to watch files/directories starting with dots. Since I need the watch behaviour, simply using micromatch directly is not a good option.

Would be nice to have this option exposed.

[paulmillr]

Yeah, it's a surprise to me this is the default behavior. We should probably hardcode it. See micromatch/picomatch#25

[jonschlinkert]

Yeah, it's a surprise to me this is the default behavior

This is the default behavior in every globbing lib I've seen, but that doesn't mean we can't change it. I'd be open to it if it makes sense.

However, since this is the first issue I've ever seen an any of our globbing libs about this, my gut tells me that matching dotfiles by default will cause more confusion for more people.

Since this would be a breaking change, and it would cause existing glob patterns to return different results, maybe we should let this sit and get more feedback before we change anything?

[orty]

Hi,

This is also a feature I would like to see released. I am building a generic backup tool which listens to changes in a text file containing any kind of paths (to files or to dirs/**/*) and back them up in a centralized archive when they change.

So far, I was not able to successfully watch changes recursively in paths which could contain dotted folders.

Thx

[paulmillr]

We will release 3.1 with the option enabled soon.

[orty]

Hi,

Seems to be working way better now ! Thank you :)