method to nest items without having them show up in the style guide

Author: dmolsen

core/config/config.ini.default

@@ -26,3 +26,6 @@ ishControlsHide = ""
 
 // the order of pattern states
 patternStates = "inprogress,inreview,complete"
+
+// the pattern types that shouldn't be included in the style guide
+styleGuideExcludes = "";

core/lib/PatternLab/Builder.php

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class Builder {
 	protected $mainPageFoot;      // the footer to be included on main pages
 	protected $addPatternHF;      // should the pattern header and footer be added
 	protected $cleanPublic;       // whether the public directory should be cleaned out or not on generate
+	protected $styleGuideExcludes;// which pattern types to exclude from the style guide
 
 	/**
 	* When initializing the Builder class or the sub-classes make sure the base properties are configured
@@ -67,7 +68,8 @@ public function __construct($config = array()) {
 		foreach ($config as $key => $value) {
 
 			// if the variables are array-like make sure the properties are validated/trimmed/lowercased before saving
-			if (($key == "ie") || ($key == "id") || ($key == "patternStates")) {
+			$arrayKeys = array("ie","id","patternStates","styleGuideExcludes");
+			if (in_array($key,$arrayKeys)) {
 				$values = explode(",",$value);
 				array_walk($values,'PatternLab\Builder::trim');
 				$this->$key = $values;
@@ -886,7 +888,7 @@ protected function gatherPatternInfo() {
 			$patternTypeDash = $patternTypeValues["patternTypeDash"];
 
 			// if this has a second level of patterns check them out (means we don't process pages & templates)
-			if (isset($patternTypeValues["patternTypeItems"])) {
+			if (isset($patternTypeValues["patternTypeItems"]) && (!in_array($patternType,$this->styleGuideExcludes))) {
 
 				$arrayReset = false;