Add option to exclude files or folders

[klejejs]

This option allows excluding specific files or folders with regex patterns.
Example: immich upload --key HFEJ38DNSDUEG --server http://192.168.1.216:2283/api --exclude 'Thumbs.db|.MTS|.@__thumb' --recursive directory/ would exclude all files and folders that contain Thumbs.db, .MTS, or .@__thumb in their name.

[bo0tzz]

Instead of (potentially multiple) filtering flags like this built in to the CLI, I would prefer something like --files-from-stdin, so the CLI can be used with standard linux utilities: find . -not -name 'Thumbs.db|.MTS|.@__thumb' | immich --files-from-stdin

[toxic0berliner]

as I even did a PR with a very similar feature, I must say I'm more in @klejejs , having to resort to other linux tools to use regexp is a pain I believe, I'd much prefer to use an argument and pass it to the cli...

[klaus1k]

Any updates on the ignore/exclude function? It would make importing way easier for me!

[daniele-athome]

Any updates on the ignore/exclude function? It would make importing way easier for me!

The other (new) cli has an ignore function: https://github.com/immich-app/immich/tree/main/cli

However I'm not sure if that's meant to replace this cli or not.

EDIT: from the project leader on Discord: "the plan is to replacing the old cli with the new one in the core repo. However it is still WIP so we are not releasing and deprecating the old CLI yet"