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Excludes become an index filter: one app-wide list every source inherits, with per-source overrides, edited on the Index filters screen.

What changes

  • Config
    • [defaults.filters] excludes is the app-wide list; a source's filters.excludes replaces it, as every filter does.
    • It starts with the System files preset (what Add collection used to pre-tick).
    • Config v3 moves each source's excludes into its filters. An empty list, or the old wizard default (in either spelling, since v2 respells released configs), is dropped so the source inherits.
    • A hand-written source-level excludes still loads, as an override.
  • Index filters
    • New Excluded paths branch of presets, with its own legend (● never read).
    • Typed globs are an Excluded globs row under Rules you type, with a validating editor.
    • Ticking a preset edits the list in place, in the order written, so an inherited list is never saved as a source's own.
    • The text view never shows excludes: they prune folders before a file is read.
  • Source form: the Excludes row is gone; its Index filters edit them.
  • Add collection matches the source form:
    • the collection's Name, then a bordered Source box holding the path, Follow symlinks and what gets indexed from it;
    • Index filters work before a path is set;
    • the Frontmatter rule row edits the same rule as Index filters.
  • Freshness
    • Old ledger records are read in today's shape, and excludes compare as a set, so neither the move nor a reorder reads Outdated.
    • An excludes change reads "Index filters changed since the last index".
    • A source that excluded nothing now skips desktop.ini and Thumbs.db, so it reads Outdated until its next update.
  • Removed: the tree picker and the custom-glob helpers only it used.
  • README, help text and the --exclude CLI help updated.

Testing

  • make batch-close: 4955 passed, 3 skipped; all 12 tmux scenarios pass; ruff and pyright clean.
  • New: test_excludes_are_a_filter, test_config_migration_v3, test_excluded_paths_branch, test_add_collection_matches_the_form; the schema-closed coverage tables in test_filters_coverage now include excludes.
  • Driven in the real app: global tick and save, source override and revert, Add collection layout and the shared frontmatter rule.

…verrides

Excludes move from a source field into the index filters, beside file
types, tags and ignore files:

- `[defaults.filters] excludes` is a master list every source inherits;
  a source's own `filters.excludes` replaces it, as every filter does.
  It starts with the System files preset, the old wizard's default.
- Config v3 moves each source's `excludes` into its `filters`. An empty
  list, or the old wizard's default in either spelling, is dropped so the
  source inherits. A hand-written source-level list still loads, as an
  override.
- Index filters gains an Excluded paths branch of presets, with its own
  legend, and an Excluded globs row under Rules you type. The text view
  never shows them: they prune folders before a file is read.
- The source form loses its Excludes row; its Index filters edit them.
- Add collection matches the source form: the collection's Name, then a
  bordered Source box holding the source's path and what gets indexed
  from it, Index filters before a path is set, and the frontmatter row
  editing the same rule as Index filters.
- The freshness ledger reads old records in today's shape and compares
  excludes as a set, so neither the move nor a reorder reads Outdated; an
  excludes change reads as "Index filters changed". A source that excluded
  nothing now skips desktop.ini and Thumbs.db, so it reads Outdated.
- Ticking a preset edits the excludes list in place, in the order it
  was written, so an inherited list is never saved as a source's own.
- The tree picker and the custom-glob helpers it alone used are gone.
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The pull request moves exclusions into index-filter configuration. It adds default inheritance, source overrides, legacy configuration migration, and TUI controls for preset and typed path globs. Index freshness checks and documentation now use the filter configuration shape.

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Exclusion filter configuration and editing

Layer / File(s) Summary
Filter configuration and migration
fnd/config.py, fnd/config_migrations.py, fnd/cli.py, fnd/config_render.py, README.md, tests/test_config_migration_v3.py, tests/test_config_render.py, tests/test_config_sources.py, tests/test_cli_collection_add.py
Default exclusions are added to DefaultFilters, and source exclusions move into SourceFilters. Version 3 migration converts legacy source exclusions while preserving explicit filter values. The CLI, rendering, examples, and tests use the nested filter shape.
Filter resolution and index freshness
fnd/filters/*, fnd/index_freshness.py, fnd/walk.py, tests/test_excludes_are_a_filter.py, tests/test_filters_coverage.py, tests/test_index_freshness.py, tests/test_reindex_prunes_removed_files.py, tests/test_walk_per_source.py
Filter specifications and the filter tree include excluded paths. Index records normalise exclusions before comparison. Tests cover inherited and source-specific exclusions, empty overrides, file walking, and freshness reasons.
TUI filter and source editing
fnd/tui/menu.py, fnd/tui/settings_screen.py, tests/test_excluded_paths_branch.py, tests/test_add_collection_matches_the_form.py, tests/test_settings_*, tests/test_*glob*, tests/test_unsaved_changes_gate.py
Source forms and the collection wizard share filter and frontmatter editing. The filter browser supports preset selection and typed glob editing, with glob validation. Tests cover wizard fields, editing, persistence, and related navigation.

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Explicitly included dotfiles need clearer configuration guidance, and large excluded trees can still take time to scan. Resolve these bounded issues or accept them as follow-up before merging.

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Review comments at @fnd/walk.py:
- Line 64: In the walker’s directory traversal, add a descendant-aware check
against `excludes` before `stack.append((child, scope))`; skip matching
directories so they are never opened or traversed, while preserving existing
file exclusion behavior.

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- Line 369: Update the README’s `excludes` description to clarify that the
default `**/.*` blocks explicitly included dotfiles because excludes take
precedence. State that users should omit `**/.*` from the source’s
`filters.excludes` only when they need dotfiles, while retaining other needed
exclusions; clarify that `.obsidian/**` can include ordinary-named files without
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  • fnd/filters/model.py
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  • tests/test_a_source_row_does_not_claim_inherited_filters.py
  • tests/test_a_source_row_names_its_excludes.py
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Comment thread fnd/walk.py
Comment thread README.md Outdated
The excludes filter promised that a matched folder is pruned unopened,
but the walk only tested each file, so `archive/**` read the whole tree
to drop it. A `name/**` glob whose prefix matches a folder now stops the
walk at that folder; every path under it matches the glob, so nothing
that would have been indexed is lost.

The README also says that a file whose own name starts with `.` meets
the default `**/.*` exclude even when an include names it.
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