fix(files): handle hide_by_name and never_show options correctly, fixes #194

Author: cseickel

lua/neo-tree/sources/common/file-items.lua

@@ -71,13 +71,13 @@ function create_item(context, path, _type)
   local f = state.filtered_items
   local is_not_root = not utils.is_subpath(path, context.state.path)
   if f and is_not_root then
-    if f.hide_by_name[name] then
-      item.filtered_by = item.filtered_by or {}
-      item.filtered_by.name = true
-    elseif f.never_show[name] then
+    if f.never_show[name] then
       item.filtered_by = item.filtered_by or {}
       item.filtered_by.never_show = true
-    elseif f.hide_dotfiles and string.sub(item.name, 1, 1) == "." then
+    elseif f.hide_by_name[name] then
+      item.filtered_by = item.filtered_by or {}
+      item.filtered_by.name = true
+    elseif f.hide_dotfiles and string.sub(name, 1, 1) == "." then
       item.filtered_by = item.filtered_by or {}
       item.filtered_by.dotfiles = true
     elseif f.hide_gitignored and utils.truthy(state.git_ignored) then

lua/neo-tree/sources/filesystem/init.lua

@@ -246,8 +246,14 @@ end
 --wants to change from the defaults. May be empty to accept default values.
 M.setup = function(config, global_config)
   config.filters = config.filters or {}
-  local exclude = config.filters.exclude_items or {}
-  config.filters.exclude_items = utils.list_to_dict(exclude)
+  local hide_by_name = utils.get_value(config, "filtered_items.hide_by_name")
+  if hide_by_name then
+    config.filtered_items.hide_by_name = utils.list_to_dict(hide_by_name)
+  end
+  local never_show = utils.get_value(config, "filtered_items.never_show")
+  if never_show then
+    config.filtered_items.never_show = utils.list_to_dict(never_show)
+  end
 
   --Configure events for before_render
   if config.before_render then