Agreed, but yes it skips them even when explicitly referenced by name. The line I linked to (530) will skip any file whose name begins with a dot. If there's a better workaround than what I've proposed then I'm certainly open to it.
Best, Ian On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 1:25 PM, Alexandre Rafalovitch <arafa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Does it still skip them if they are provided directly by name? It is rather > a narrow use case. > > Regards, > Alex > > On Fri, Jun 1, 2018, 1:01 PM Ian Goldsmith-Roooney, < > iangoldsmithroo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I was hoping to make a small change to allow the simple POST tool to > accept > > a command line arg (-Dhidden=yes) so that it will not ignore hidden > files. > > Currently there is no toggle; it always ignores hidden files > > < > > https://github.com/apache/lucene-solr/blob/master/solr/ > core/src/java/org/apache/solr/util/SimplePostTool.java#L530 > > >. > > > > > > Having never contribute to Solr before, can somebody point me to the best > > way of making this change if it is acceptable? The HowToContribute > > indicated that one can either go the route of GitHub fork -> PR or JIRA > bug > > -> patch. Additionally wasn't sure which git branch would be best in this > > case. Any guidance on best practices is much appreciated! > > > > Best, > > -- > > Ian Goldsmith-Rooney > > > -- Ian Goldsmith-Rooney