Atom exclude node_modules folder from search

Question

How to exclude node_modules folder from Atom searches "Find in project" after you have put node_modules inside your .gitignore file? Does atom require that the project actually has a git repository, or should the .gitignore be enough for Atom to exclude the folder?

My .gitignore looks like this:

.DS_STORE *.log  node_modules  dist coverage 

Answer 1

Steps

1. Launch atom
2. From the menu: edit > preferences (atom > prefernces on Mac)
3. From the side menu, click the button "Open Config Folder"

Now a new atom IDE should open.

1. Open the file "config.cson"
2. Add ignoredNames: ["node_modules"] under core

Example of a config.cson

"*":   core:     ignoredNames: [       ".git"       "node_modules"     ]   editor: {}   minimap:     plugins:       "highlight-selected": true       "highlight-selectedDecorationsZIndex": 0   welcome:     showOnStartup: false 

Hope this helps

Answer 2

In the "File/directory pattern" field of the search use an exclamation mark followed by the name of the directory you want to ignore: