Adds ignored files as a configurable feature

app/controllers/settings_controller.rb

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class SettingsController < ApplicationController
   def update
     # Save site-wide settings if user is an admin
     update_folder_settings(params[:folders])
+    update_file_settings(params[:files])
     update_tagging_settings(params[:model_tags])
     update_multiuser_settings(params[:multiuser])
     update_analysis_settings(params[:analysis])
@@ -20,6 +21,11 @@ def update_folder_settings(settings)
     SiteSettings.safe_folder_names = settings[:safe_folder_names]
   end
 
+  def update_file_settings(settings)
+    return unless settings
+    SiteSettings.model_ignored_files = settings[:model_ignored_files]
+  end
+
   def update_tagging_settings(settings)
     return unless settings
     SiteSettings.model_tags_filter_stop_words = settings[:filter_stop_words] == "1"

app/models/site_settings.rb

@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ class SiteSettings < RailsSettings::Base
   field :model_tags_custom_stop_words, type: :array, default: SupportedMimeTypes.indexable_extensions
   field :model_tags_auto_tag_new, type: :string, default: "!new"
   field :model_path_template, type: :string, default: "{tags}/{modelName}{modelId}"
+  field :model_ignored_files, type: :array, default: [
+    /^\.[^\.]+/, # Hidden files starting with .
+    /.*\/@eaDir\/.*/, # Synology temp files
+    /__MACOSX/ # MACOS resource forks
+  ]
   field :parse_metadata_from_path, type: :boolean, default: true
   field :safe_folder_names, type: :boolean, default: true
   field :analyse_manifold, type: :boolean, default: false
@@ -52,11 +57,7 @@ def self.default_user
   end
 
   def self.ignored_file?(pathname)
-    @@patterns ||= [
-      /^\.[^\.]+/, # Hidden files starting with .
-      /.*\/@eaDir\/.*/, # Synology temp files
-      /__MACOSX/ # MACOS resource forks
-    ]
+    @@patterns ||= model_ignored_files
     (File.split(pathname) - ["."]).any? do |path_component|
       @@patterns.any? { |pattern| path_component =~ pattern }
     end

app/views/settings/_file_settings.html.erb

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<h3><%= t(".title") %></h3>
+<p class='lead'>
+  <%= t ".summary" %>
+</p>
+<div class="row mb-2">
+  <p>
+    <%= t ".custom_ignore_filters.details" %>
+  </p>
+  <%= form.label nil, t(".custom_ignore_filters.label"), for: "files[model_ignored_files]", class: "col-sm-4 col-form-label" %>
+  <div class="col-sm-8 form-check form-switch">
+    <%= form.text_area "files[model_ignored_files]", value: SiteSettings.model_ignored_files.join("\n").gsub(/^\[|\]$/, ""), class: "form-control" %>
+  </div>
+</div>

app/views/settings/show.html.erb

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <%= form_with url: settings_path, method: :patch do |form| %>
   <%= render "folder_settings", form: form %>
   <hr>
+  <%= render "file_settings", form: form %>
+  <hr>
   <%= render "tag_settings", form: form %>
 
   <%= render "submit", form: form %>

config/locales/settings/en.yml

@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ en:
       new:
         submit: Block domain
         title: New Domain Block
+    file_settings:
+      custom_ignore_filters:
+        details: Filters are in regex format separated by a new line.
+        label: Ignored files regex filters.
+      summary: Change file settings such as ignored files.
+      title: File settings
     folder_settings:
       details: Folder structure follows a template that you define using tokens. You can also include other text in the template (such as folder separators) and it will be included as-is.
       model_path_template:

db/migrate/20250119042234_add_ignored_files_to_site_settings.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class AddIgnoredFilesToSiteSettings < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.2]
+  def change
+    add_column :site_settings, :ignored_files, :text, null: true, default: [
+      /^\.[^\.]+/, # Hidden files starting with .
+      /.*\/@eaDir\/.*/, # Synology temp files
+      /__MACOSX/ # MACOS resource forks
+    ]
+  end
+end