Exclude Directory

[Karlstens]

I'm needing two build processes. A build process that includes a sub-directory and the markdown files of that directory, and another that excludes that sub-directory, completely ignoring it and its markdown file content.

I've used logic within the config.js file that dictates navigation to look a certain way, including / excluding menu items. It works well. But the ignored target sub-folder and its content is still building into the distribution folder. Rather than remove them from the post-build, I'm needing a method to exclude them from the build process altogether.

I'm exploring srcExclude, for example;

config.mjs

publicExclude = ['myVitePressProject/hidden_dir_A/', 'myVitePressProject/hidden_dir_B/', 'myVitePressProject/hidden_dir_C/']
	
...
export default defineConfig({
	srcExclude: publicExclude,
...
})

However the excluded directories and their content are still rendering into HTML and finding their way to my dist folder. I can delete them from this folder after the build, but I'd really prefer the desired folders/files being ignored for this build. (They're only to be ignored in specific builds, as I have a logic gate that dictates whether they're to be included or not, the navbars and sidebars work and are ignored as desired, just not the actual content - which is a problem).

Appreciate any help.

[Karlstens]

Resolved, wildcards** go a long way!

https://vitepress.dev/reference/site-config#srcexclude

publicExclude = ['**/hidden_dir_A/**', '**/hidden_dir_B/**', '**/hidden_dir_C/**']