From f5c53d1e0e974d37934a0694cacd291853ace728 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cameron <ccordes12@mail.bw.edu>
Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2025 12:29:32 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Allow for pattern-based memories folder exclusion

---
 src/memories.rs | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 39 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/memories.rs b/src/memories.rs
index bf29b9d..c366e10 100644
--- a/src/memories.rs
+++ b/src/memories.rs
@@ -242,25 +242,52 @@ pub async fn list_memories(
 
     let base = Path::new(&app_state.base_path);
 
-    // Build a list of excluded directories with full paths
-    let excluded_paths: Vec<PathBuf> = app_state
-        .excluded_dirs
-        .iter()
-        .map(|dir| base.join(dir))
-        .collect();
+    // Build a list of excluded directories and patterns, all scoped under base:
+    // - entries starting with '/' are treated as absolute *under base* (e.g. "/foo/bar" -> base/foo/bar)
+    // - entries without '/' are treated as substring patterns matched anywhere in the path
+    let mut excluded_dirs: Vec<PathBuf> = Vec::new();
+    let mut excluded_patterns: Vec<String> = Vec::new();
 
-    debug!("Excluded directories: {:?}", excluded_paths);
+    for dir in &app_state.excluded_dirs {
+        if dir.starts_with('/') {
+            // "Absolute under base": strip leading '/' and join with base
+            let rel = &dir[1..];
+            if !rel.is_empty() {
+                excluded_dirs.push(base.join(rel));
+            }
+        } else {
+            // Pure pattern (no '/'): match as substring anywhere in the path
+            excluded_patterns.push(dir.clone());
+        }
+    }
+
+    debug!("Excluded directories (under base): {:?}", excluded_dirs);
+    debug!("Excluded path patterns: {:?}", excluded_patterns);
 
     let entries: Vec<_> = WalkDir::new(base)
         .into_iter()
         .filter_map(|e| e.ok())
         .filter(|e| {
-            // Skip excluded directories
-            if !excluded_paths.is_empty() {
-                let path = e.path();
-                for excluded in &excluded_paths {
+            let path = e.path();
+
+            // Skip excluded directories (all are under base)
+            if !excluded_dirs.is_empty() {
+                for excluded in &excluded_dirs {
                     if path.starts_with(excluded) {
-                        debug!("Skipping excluded path: {:?}", path);
+                        debug!("Skipping excluded dir path: {:?}", path);
+                        return false;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            // Skip paths that match any of the relative patterns (substring match under base)
+            if !excluded_patterns.is_empty() {
+                if let Some(path_str) = path.to_str() {
+                    if excluded_patterns.iter().any(|pat| path_str.contains(pat)) {
+                        debug!(
+                            "Skipping excluded pattern match: {:?} (patterns: {:?})",
+                            path, excluded_patterns
+                        );
                         return false;
                     }
                 }