Files and subfolders exclusions

[Shabar]

Just small clarification.

If I want exclude files and sub folders within a package, which one of below is right

1. **/{package-folder}/**
2. **/{package-folder}/**/*.*

[Rebse (Gilbert Rebhan)]

**/package-folder/**/*
if package-folder has no parent folder(s) package-folder/**/* is sufficient

similar to the given example org/sonar/**/* at Narrowing the Focus | SonarQube Docs

[Shabar]

@Rebse

package-folder/**/*

Is this excluded all files inside package-folder?

[Rebse (Gilbert Rebhan)]

package-folder/**/* is excluding all files in package-folder or package-folder/sub/sub ..
Did you check the documentation ?

Patterns

Paths are relative to the project base directory. The following wildcards can be used:

• * - Match zero or more characters
• ** - Match zero or more directories
• ? - Match a single character

[Shabar]

Thanks for your reply, Yes I did but still had a doubt regarding below,

/folderA/** - Exclude both files and subfolders under folderA
/folderA/* - Exclude ONLY files under folderA

Hope my above understanding is correct.

[Rebse (Gilbert Rebhan)]

Yes, this is correct.
So in your case package-folder/** or folder-A/** will exclude all files and subfolders.