From 9951a5947fa11e3790d65e5aae37f71d6b4a24de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bartal Laearsson <bartal@flo.fo>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2026 23:26:43 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ability to omit front end files like .css .js .html and so on

---
 cmd/root.go               | 10 +++++++++-
 internal/config/config.go | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index addb0b8..0303b00 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ Examples:
 	protonDrive    bool
 	drivePath      string
 	verticalSlices bool
+	skipFrontend   bool
 )
 
 func Execute() {
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&protonDrive, "proton-drive", false, "upload output to Proton Drive after writing locally")
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringVar(&drivePath, "drive-path", "", "full remote path on Proton Drive (e.g. /my-files/md/report.md). Requires --proton-drive")
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&verticalSlices, "vertical-slices", false, "split output into root file + one markdown per top-level directory")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&skipFrontend, "skip-frontend", false, "omit frontend file types (.html, .css, .js, .ts, .vue, .svelte, etc.)")
 
 	rootCmd.MarkPersistentFlagRequired("output")
 }
@@ -95,6 +97,11 @@ func run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("--vertical-slices cannot be used with --input-file")
 	}
 
+	excludedExts := append(config.DefaultExts, extensions...)
+	if skipFrontend {
+		excludedExts = append(excludedExts, config.FrontendExts...)
+	}
+
 	cfg := &config.Config{
 		OutputPath:     outputPath,
 		AppendMode:     appendMode,
@@ -102,10 +109,11 @@ func run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		MaxSize:        maxSize,
 		MaxDepth:       maxDepth,
 		Ignores:        append(config.DefaultIgnores, ignorePatterns...),
-		Extensions:     append(config.DefaultExts, extensions...),
+		Extensions:     excludedExts,
 		ProtonDrive:    protonDrive,
 		DrivePath:      drivePath,
 		VerticalSlices: verticalSlices,
+		SkipFrontend:   skipFrontend,
 	}
 
 	if singleFile != "" {
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
index f9993ef..fae07ad 100644
--- a/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -35,12 +35,20 @@ var DefaultExts = []string{
 	".pdf", ".doc", ".docx", ".xls", ".xlsx",
 	".pem", ".key", ".cert",
 	".db", ".sqlite", ".sqlite3",
-	".class", // Java compiled bytecode
-	".jar",   // JAR archives
+	".class",
+	".jar",
 	".war",
 	".ear",
 }
 
+var FrontendExts = []string{
+	".html", ".htm", ".gohtml", ".tmpl",
+	".css", ".scss", ".sass", ".less",
+	".js", ".jsx", ".mjs", ".cjs",
+	".ts", ".tsx",
+	".vue", ".svelte",
+}
+
 type stringSlice []string
 
 func (s *stringSlice) String() string {
@@ -66,6 +74,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	ProtonDrive    bool
 	DrivePath      string
 	VerticalSlices bool
+	SkipFrontend   bool
 }
 
 func PrintUsage() {
@@ -90,6 +99,7 @@ func Parse() (*Config, error) {
 		protonDrive    bool
 		drivePath      string
 		verticalSlices bool
+		skipFrontend   bool
 	)
 
 	flag.StringVar(&input, "i", "", "single file input (append mode only)")
@@ -104,6 +114,7 @@ func Parse() (*Config, error) {
 	flag.BoolVar(&protonDrive, "proton-drive", false, "upload output to Proton Drive after writing locally")
 	flag.StringVar(&drivePath, "drive-path", "", "full remote path on Proton Drive (requires --proton-drive)")
 	flag.BoolVar(&verticalSlices, "vertical-slices", false, "split output into root file + one markdown per top-level directory")
+	flag.BoolVar(&skipFrontend, "skip-frontend", false, "omit frontend file types (.html, .css, .js, .ts, .vue, .svelte, etc.)")
 
 	flag.Usage = PrintUsage
 	flag.Parse()
@@ -129,6 +140,11 @@ func Parse() (*Config, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("--vertical-slices cannot be used with --input-file")
 	}
 
+	excludedExts := append(DefaultExts, exts...)
+	if skipFrontend {
+		excludedExts = append(excludedExts, FrontendExts...)
+	}
+
 	cfg := &Config{
 		OutputPath:     output,
 		AppendMode:     appendMd,
@@ -136,10 +152,11 @@ func Parse() (*Config, error) {
 		MaxSize:        maxSize,
 		MaxDepth:       maxDepth,
 		Ignores:        append(DefaultIgnores, ignores...),
-		Extensions:     append(DefaultExts, exts...),
+		Extensions:     excludedExts,
 		ProtonDrive:    protonDrive,
 		DrivePath:      drivePath,
 		VerticalSlices: verticalSlices,
+		SkipFrontend:   skipFrontend,
 	}
 
 	if input != "" {