This fork is no longer needed. Was merged and is available since thor >= 0.18

This fork added a new option :exclude_pattern => /regexp/ to the directory() method.

Copies recursively the files from source directory to root directory. If any of the files finishes with .tt, it's considered to be a template and is placed in the destination without the extension .tt. If any empty directory is found, it's copied and all .empty_directory files are ignored. If any file name is wrapped within % signs, the text within the % signs will be executed as a method and replaced with the returned value.

If :exclude_pattern => /regexp/, it prevents copying files that match that regexp.

it "ignores files within excluding/ directories when exclude_pattern is provided" do
  invoke! "doc", "docs", :exclude_pattern => /excluding\//
  file = File.join(destination_root, "docs", "excluding", "rdoc.rb")
  expect(File.exists?(file)).to be_false
end

it "copies and evalutes files within excluding/ directory when no exclude_pattern is present" do
  invoke! "doc", "docs"
  file = File.join(destination_root, "docs", "excluding", "rdoc.rb")
  expect(File.exists?(file)).to be_true
  expect(File.read(file)).to eq("BAR = BAR\n")
end

Thor is a simple and efficient tool for building self-documenting command line utilities. It removes the pain of parsing command line options, writing "USAGE:" banners, and can also be used as an alternative to the Rake build tool. The syntax is Rake-like, so it should be familiar to most Rake users.

gem install thor

Please see the wiki for basic usage and other documentation on using Thor.

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