fix hidden support

Author: boyter

README.md

@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ Flags:
   -o, --output string           output filename (default stdout)
   -p, --progress                display progress of files as they are processed
   -r, --recursive               recursive subdirectories are traversed
+      --skip-hidden             skip hidden files and directories
       --stream-size int         min size of file in bytes where stream processing starts (default 1000000)
       --threads int             number of threads processing files, by default the number of CPU cores (default 8)
       --trace                   enable trace output

main.go

@@ -157,6 +157,13 @@ func main() {
 		false,
 		"enable .gitmodules file logic",
 	)
+
+	flags.BoolVar(
+		&processor.SkipHidden,
+		"skip-hidden",
+		false, // Default to false, meaning hidden files are PROCESSED by default
+		"skip hidden files and directories",
+	)
 	flags.StringSliceVar(
 		&processor.PathDenyList,
 		"exclude-dir",

processor/file.go

@@ -3,34 +3,10 @@
 package processor
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"github.com/boyter/gocodewalker"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 )
 
-func walkDirectory(toWalk string, output chan string) {
-
-	walkErr := filepath.WalkDir(toWalk, func(root string, info os.DirEntry, err error) error {
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		if !info.IsDir() {
-			output <- root
-		}
-
-		return nil
-	})
-
-	if walkErr != nil {
-		if Verbose {
-			printVerbose(fmt.Sprintf("error walking: %s", toWalk))
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func walkDirectoryWithIgnore(toWalk string, output chan string) {
 	fileListQueue := make(chan *gocodewalker.File, 1000)
 	var fileWalker *gocodewalker.FileWalker
@@ -45,7 +21,7 @@ func walkDirectoryWithIgnore(toWalk string, output chan string) {
 	fileWalker.IgnoreGitIgnore = !GitIgnore
 	fileWalker.IgnoreIgnoreFile = !Ignore
 	fileWalker.IgnoreGitModules = !GitModuleIgnore
-	fileWalker.IncludeHidden = true
+	fileWalker.IncludeHidden = !SkipHidden
 	fileWalker.ExcludeDirectory = PathDenyList
 
 	if HashIgnore {

processor/processor.go

@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ var Ignore = true
 // HashIgnore set true to enable hashignore file checks
 var HashIgnore = false
 
+// SkipHidden set to false to ignore hidden folders and files
+var SkipHidden = true
+
 // PathDenyList sets the paths that should be skipped
 var PathDenyList = []string{}