Don't upload ignored stuff during 'vt create' (#181)

404Wolf · web-flow · commit 31e86f4b0b46 · 2025-09-10T12:46:59.000-04:00
* Don't upload ignored stuff during 'vt create'

* Nested create vtignore dir

* Bump version
diff --git a/deno.json b/deno.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/denoland/deno/348900b8b79f4a434cab4c74b3bc8d4d2fa8ee74/cli/schemas/config-file.v1.json",
   "name": "@valtown/vt",
   "description": "The Val Town CLI",
-  "version": "0.1.43",
+  "version": "0.1.44",
   "exports": "./vt.ts",
   "license": "MIT",
   "tasks": {
diff --git a/src/cmd/tests/create_test.ts b/src/cmd/tests/create_test.ts
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ Deno.test({
             "create",
             nonEmptyDirValName,
           ], tmpDir);
-          console.log(stdout);
           assertStringIncludes(
             stdout,
             "files will be uploaded",
@@ -217,6 +216,15 @@ Deno.test({
           join(tmpDir, "another-file.ts"),
           "export const value = 42;",
         );
+        await Deno.mkdir(join(tmpDir, "foo"));
+        await Deno.writeTextFile(
+          join(tmpDir, "foo/.vtignore"),
+          "ignored-file.txt",
+        );
+        await Deno.writeTextFile(
+          join(tmpDir, "ignored-file.txt"),
+          "This file should not be uploaded",
+        );
       });
 
       await t.step("create Val in current directory", async () => {
@@ -258,6 +266,10 @@ Deno.test({
           fileNames.includes("another-file.ts"),
           "another-file.ts should be uploaded to Val",
         );
+        assert(
+          !fileNames.includes("ignored-file.txt"),
+          "ignored-file.txt should be ignored and not uploaded to Val",
+        );
       });
     });
   },
diff --git a/src/vt/vt/VTClient.ts b/src/vt/vt/VTClient.ts
@@ -280,12 +280,20 @@ export default class VTClient {
       await assertSafeDirectory(rootPath);
     }
 
+    // If the directory exists, make a VTMeta in it, and gather the gitignore rules
+    let gitignoreRules: string[] = [];
+    if (await exists(rootPath)) {
+      const meta = new VTMeta(rootPath);
+      gitignoreRules = await meta.loadGitignoreRules();
+    }
+
     // First create the val (this uploads it too)
     const { newValId } = await create({
       sourceDir: rootPath,
       valName,
       privacy,
       description,
+      gitignoreRules,
     });
 
     // Get the Val branch
