implemented importing exclude globs from a file.

ASCIIsite.py

@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ def parse_arguments():
     parser=argparse.ArgumentParser(description='create a website directory structure by converting .adoc files in a directory strucutre to .html files.')
     parser.add_argument('inputDir', type=Path, help='The directory of adoc files to be copied and converted.')
     parser.add_argument('-o', '--output', type=Path, help='What to name the generated directory or tar file')
-    parser.add_argument('-z', '--compress', action='store_true', help='whether to compress the resulting directory to a tar.gz file. can be usefull for scripting to transfer the site to a remote server.')
+    parser.add_argument('--exclude-file', type=Path, help='A text file containing glob patterns to exclude, 1 per line.')
     parser.add_argument('--exclude', nargs='+', help='A list of glob patterns to ignore. Remember to quote them so your shell doesnt escape them!')
+    parser.add_argument('-z', '--compress', action='store_true', help='whether to compress the resulting directory to a tar.gz file. can be usefull for scripting to transfer the site to a remote server.')
     args=parser.parse_args()
 
     #set compress flag
@@ -44,7 +45,13 @@ def parse_arguments():
     logging.info(f'outputting to {outFile.resolve()}')
     logging.debug(f'compress is {compress}')
 
-    return args.inputDir.resolve(), outFile, compress, args.exclude
+    with open(args.exclude_file, 'r') as file:
+        exclude=[glob.strip() for glob in file]
+
+    if args.exclude != None:
+        exclude.extend(args.exclude)
+
+    return args.inputDir.resolve(), outFile, compress, exclude
 
 #Doing it in a tmpDir first, as some distrubutions put temp files on a ramdisk. this should speed up the operation sigificantly.
 class TmpDir:

tests/globignore

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include*

tests/result/include/include.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+== included section
+
+Fusce maximus nec magna eu ultricies.
+Fusce quis tellus vitae arcu facilisis lobortis.
+Donec id erat at enim porta placerat in vitae sapien.
+Duis justo arcu, hendrerit nec nulla eu, dictum dapibus ipsum.
+Sed fermentum id elit eget fringilla.
+Suspendisse volutpat imperdiet justo, ut efficitur odio maximus et.
+Nunc interdum sollicitudin eros sit amet convallis.
+Praesent volutpat tempus metus id tincidunt.
+Proin aliquet justo a fermentum consectetur.
+Nunc scelerisque, nisi id scelerisque dictum, nibh lectus ultrices nunc, quis ultricies erat velit sit amet urna.
+Maecenas orci felis, volutpat at bibendum ut, mattis eu justo.
+
+=== blocks
+
+.listing block
+----
+example of _listing block_
+with verbatim line break
+----
+
+.example block
+====
+example block
+with line break
+====
+
+.literal block
+....
+_literal_ block
+with line break
+....
+
+.pass block
+++++
+pass block
+with <u>underlined text</u>
+++++
+
+.quote block
+____
+quote block
+with line break
+____
+
+.sidebar block
+****
+sidebar block
+with line break
+****
+
+[NOTE]
+====
+This is an example of an admonition block.
+
+Unlike an admonition paragraph, it may contain any AsciiDoc content.
+The style can be any one of the admonition labels:
+
+* NOTE
+* TIP
+* WARNING
+* CAUTION
+* IMPORTANT
+====