Multiple files for --ignore-path

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I use the –ignore-path argument and point it to an exhaustive .gitignore file. It’s great that I don’t have to duplicate the list of ignored files.

However, there are a couple of files I’d like to exclude from prettifying but still want to commit. Is there any way to specify an additonal .prettierignore file so that I can add files without copying the entire .gitignore?

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Created 3 years ago
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remcohaszingcommented, Apr 25, 2022

I would really like a solution that just works once configured. When I contribute to a project that uses Prettier, I expect the normal Prettier workflow to just work out of the box. I.e. I expect to be able to check the project using prettier --check ., format everything using prettier --format ., and I expect the editor integration to just work.

If a project relies on a specific command line flag, this is no longer the case. This means the project needs to document this in their contriburing guidelines, which is more effort than duplicating .gitignore into .prettierignore and is unlikely to happen. This is why I really prefer a solution that involves configuring Prettier using .prettierignore, editorconfig, and .prettierrc files, such as my proposal in https://github.com/prettier/prettier/issues/8506#issuecomment-659604909. Alternatively ignorePath could also be allowed in .prettierrc.

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bennycodecommented, Feb 6, 2022

Is it difficult to extend the –ignore-path so it can accept a comma-separated list of files?