FEATURE: can always_show by pattern

[jcarstairs-scottlogic]

Did you check the docs?

• I have read all the docs.

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I want to be able to always show environment files, since I often want to edit these, but they're also commonly listed in a .gitignore, so they are often hidden by Neotree. Environment files generally follow a simple pattern: .env*. But right now, I can only list possible literal environment file names one by one.

Describe the solution you'd like.

The always_show property should accept glob patterns, the same as the hide_by property.

To me, it looks like this means there should be a function call something like utils.is_filtered_by_pattern(f.always_show, path, name) when file items get created. Compare how the hide_by property is handled.

Describe alternatives you've considered.

I could just list environment file names. But that's going to get annoying quickly. Realistically, I'll never bother.

Additional Context

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[cseickel]

That seems perfectly reasonable. If you or anyone else wants to put up a PR for an always_show_by_pattern config I will accept it.

[PumpedSardines]

I made a PR for this feature request since i needed it myself

[dpetka2001]

Does the PR that was made actually work? I tried always_show_by_pattern = { ".git*" } and it doesn't always show the directories .git, .github and the file .gitignore by default. Setting always_show = { ".git", ".github", ".gitignore" } does work as intended. Am I doing something wrong when using always_show_by_pattern?

[PumpedSardines]

@dpetka2001 just tried adding always_show_by_pattern = { ".git*" } to my config and it works on my setup. I see all folders and files starting in .git. Are you sure you're using the right version of neo-tree?

Screenshot showing my default view with always_show_by_pattern = { ".git*" }

EDIT:
Im using nix to handle my plugins, so maybe you get a different version when downloading this plugin using lazy.nvim? It doesn't seem like my commit has been included in a release yet

[dpetka2001]

Yes, I had branch = "v3.x". Removed that and was able to update to latest HEAD. Thanks for the heads up. Now it works as it should 😄