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How do I Ignore the build folder in NetBeans 'Find In Projects'?

Anyone know how to ignore the build folder when doing a 'Find in Projects' on NetBeans (v6.9.1).

Currently the Search results pane shows all results from src folders but also those from the build folder so if your project contains a lot of JSP files for example, many results are duplicated...

Solution

  • I think I've figured out how to ignore the build folder of projects when doing a 'Find in Projects' in NetBeans 6.9.1:

    1. Go to Tools->Options-Miscellaneous.
    2. Click the Files tab.

    3. In Files Ignored by the IDE, edit the Ignored Files Pattern regular expression and include the build folder. For example, on my system I simply added build thus:

      ^(CVS|SCCS|vssver.?\.scc|#.*#|%.*%|_svn|build)$|~$|^\.(?!htaccess$).*$
    4. Click OK to save the options and close the dialog.

    (Nerd Note: Took me exactly 1 year to the day to figure this out!)