From c1987a46f1c9228d84f8502b90796ab0eb21650f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Raphael Hubain <4274733+rhubain@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:46:51 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix: '/' in excluded folders now matches every file (#5)

When the user adds the vault root ('/') to the auto-generation
exclusion list, no file was actually excluded. `normalizePath('/')`
returns `'/'`, but file paths in Obsidian never start with a slash
(e.g. `note.md`, `sub/note.md`), so the existing checks
`path.startsWith('/' + '/')` and `path === '/'` could never match.

Treat `normEx === '/'` as "matches every file in the vault". This is
consistent with how the same file already interprets the vault root
in `getFilesInFolder` and `clearUIDsInFolder` (commands.ts:134, :274),
where `targetPath === '/'` expands to every markdown file.

Applied to both exclusion checks: the per-file auto-generation handler
(`handleAutoGenerateUid`) and the bulk scan (`handleAddMissingUidsInScope`).
---
 src/commands.ts | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/commands.ts b/src/commands.ts
index c1786e9..5a8bf05 100644
--- a/src/commands.ts
+++ b/src/commands.ts
@@ -313,7 +313,9 @@ export async function handleAutoGenerateUid(plugin: UIDGenerator, file: TFile |
 	// Check exclusions
 	if (plugin.settings.autoGenerationExclusions.some(ex => {
 		const normEx = normalizePath(ex.trim());
-		return normEx && (normalizedPath.startsWith(normEx + '/') || normalizedPath === normEx);
+		// '/' means the vault root — matches every file, consistent with
+		// how the vault root is treated in getFilesInFolder / clearUIDsInFolder.
+		return normEx && (normEx === '/' || normalizedPath.startsWith(normEx + '/') || normalizedPath === normEx);
 	})) {
 		return; // Excluded
 	}
@@ -367,7 +369,9 @@ export async function handleAddMissingUidsInScope(plugin: UIDGenerator): Promise
 			// 1. Check exclusions
 			if (plugin.settings.autoGenerationExclusions.some(ex => {
 				const normEx = normalizePath(ex.trim());
-				return normEx && (normalizedPath.startsWith(normEx + '/') || normalizedPath === normEx);
+				// '/' means the vault root — matches every file, consistent with
+				// how the vault root is treated in getFilesInFolder / clearUIDsInFolder.
+				return normEx && (normEx === '/' || normalizedPath.startsWith(normEx + '/') || normalizedPath === normEx);
 			})) {
 				isInScope = false; // Excluded
 			}