File filter to display only direct child files/folders

[willviles]

I'm using the awesome Open with Atom workflow to quickly open up folders into Atom IDE.

 

I use a single `~/Code` folder to house all my dev projects and use a file filter on that folder to search for projects I'll want to open with Atom.

 

Considering I'll only ever want to open up the top level folders in `~/Code`, ideally I'd like the file filter to just return a list of top level folders. At present, searching `ember-` to try and find my Ember Addon projects returns countless records from project node_modules folders.

 

Is there a nice way of making the default Alfred File Filter's search non-recursive? I.E., it only searches direct child files/folders one level deep?

Edited June 6, 2017 by willviles

[vitor]

Hello and welcome, @willviles.

 

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Edited June 6, 2017 by vitor

[deanishe]

On 06/06/2017 at 2:16 PM, willviles said:

Is there a nice way of making the default Alfred File Filter's search non-recursive?

 

Nope. Node projects are basically Alfred's kryptonite, due to the lack of a useful blacklisting feature in Alfred and the absolutely insane number of files npm dumps in a non-hidden directory within your project folder (a small Vue.js project I'm working on contains 205 files called readme.md!)

 

If you want to use Alfred's native search with node projects, your only real option is to add each and every one of your node_modules folders to Spotlight's Privacy pane in System Preferences.

 

If you use git with your projects, you might find this workflow better than Alfred's built-in search, as it's tuned for working with git repos.

 

If not, your best bet is to write a simple Script Filter that only returns directories that are immediate children of ~/Code.

[willviles]

Thanks @deanishe for your comprehensive answer!

 

I'll explore writing a Script Filter for this particular problem, but I've installed your Git repo workflow and that's great too!