Hey there!
I’ve been using Local for a week now, and besides working great (which is already cool 
), I’m wondering if there’s a way to exclude a folder in the Export screen.
In my case, I created a new folder at the same level as the Public one, but with static html files for reference, and I want to exclude them every time I do an export.
Thanks in advance! 
I found this while looking for a way to always exclude the npm created node_modules folder when using the Export option.
Modern JavaScript development for WordPress plugins is likely to involve building massive node_modules folders within the plugin Git repo.
Being unable to exclude node_modules folders results in very large & slow to create exported zip files.
The current Local by Flywheel UI for Export includes some explanation on how to exclude files but I can’t understand how this might apply to folders.
Any assistance on this would be greatly appreciated.
Hi @buzztone,
You can exclude node_modules by adding the following pattern: */node_modules/*.
Same goes for .git: */.git/* 
This didn’t work for me. I added */node_modules/* to my file exclusion filter setting and the node_modules directory in my theme was still included in the .zip. Does this work for others?
Yes, excluding folders has not worked for me. Trying to exclude wp-content/uploads from export, can’t get it to work, tried all combinations.